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Last Thursday night, I attended one of my favorite parties of the year: Taste 2008. Taste is a fundraiser for Root Division — an organization here in San Francisco — that provides studio space for up-and-coming artists in exchange for their services as art teachers. Food and art expertly clash at this event that invited some of SF's top restaurants to create dishes. To take a look at the Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow arrived in Paris fresh off the Eurostar train from London yesterday. She's in France ready to partake in some of the Couture Fashion Week goings-on alongside her good friend Cameron Diaz. Cameron arrived in Europe a few days ago and has already logged time in the front rows of the Versace, Dior, and Chanel shows. Gwyneth and Cameron have hung out in London and NYC in recent Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow wore a one-shouldered Stella McCartney mini Thursday night for Coach's 70th anniversary celebration at Beijing's Iberia Center for Contemporary Arts with the company's president Reed Krakoff. She's the star of the leather goods company's ads overseas, and has attended many events with Coach over the last six months. This visit was apparently Gwyneth's first to the city. She Read more

There's nothing better than a hands-on creative experience for kids! While lil ones love to mold and sculpt until they exhaust their artistic energy, most moms aren't fans of the inevitable mess the activity creates. Play-Doh has been a beloved "modeling compound" in households since 1956, but it's also infamous for being tough to get out of carpet and crevices. I've rounded up five Read more

With the onset of Autumn, this week my Etsy finds are inspired by one of my favorite trees: the ginkgo. Ginkgo trees are a unique species that have been used for food and traditional medicine since the very beginnings of human civilization. The gingko's fan-shaped leaves lend themselves easily to design, and were actually a very popular motif during the arts and crafts movement. Today, these Read more

All weekend long, I've been talking about my experiences at the Coachella music festival, but I was also there to check out Intel's Visual Life and Creators Project. Partnering up with some seriously talented visual artists, Intel (who sponsored my trip to Indio, CA by hooking me up with a hotel, transportation, and food) helped to outfit some of the Coachella stages with art installations, Read more

Feel free to play with your food! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but active tots aren't always willing to spend time eating it. Before lobbing another round pancake on their plate, take a look at these flapjacks created by a dad of two over at Jim's Pancakes. Using a pancake recipe, food coloring, and a squeeze bottle, he's managed to turn the traditional breakfast favorite into Read more