my favorite bay area shops for beautiful things

erica tanov

august

atomic garden

ellington & french

the gardener

tail of the yak

summerhouse

lilith

builder's booksource

doe

rare device

little otsu

candy store

heath

freshly cut

publications

meatpaper

edible east bay

edible san francisco

green things

treehugger

viva terra

nature girl

worsted witch

bailey's home and garden

vaska.

nellie's dryer balls

knitting

knitting abbreviations master list

house arrest--check out the stitch archive

knitty

knitting.about.com--also has a good stitch library (my favorite is pavilion)

article pract--my LYS

knit happens

girl from auntie

brooklyn tweed

artsy stuff

boygirlparty

loretta lux

nikki mcclure: here and here.

amazing writerly friends' projects

nirali

i've been trying to avoid it, but i guess it's only inevitable: food

(it made me really happy yesterday when d told me that he was considering a "no foodies zone" t-shirt and sign for his shop. too bad he's only the foodie mecca of italy.)

ny times dining

sf gate food

eccolo

zibibbo

chez panisse

bakesale betty

the food section

bv's first book (we're finishing up the second one now)--i especially love the awful review that debra whatsherface wrote. she and her husband were our students almost 2 years ago, and we still make fun of how terrible (and mean) they were; by far, the greediest, grabbiest, pickiest students we've ever had. yuk!

zingermans

other lists of links

voda

amet and sasha

otha stuff

fun stuff

the radio

simple computer stuff

a few tags

paper, presses and stationery:

tiger and jones: beautiful cards in ny

alphabetique

bethge hamburg

carrot and stick press

el casco

iomoi

j. herbin

julie holcomb printers

jack and lulu

knock knock

little tree press

marie papier

mira aster

sukie

paperhaus

papivore

page

patty curtan

r. nichols

nava design

rudi rabitti

russell + hazel: i love this stuff!

snow and graham

soolip

turquoise: sweet cards

dewey howard: great wrapping paper and journals, among other things

flax: mr. flax rocks!

puddle jumper press

rock scissor paper

papier moderne: the only place to buy paper in san diego

personal sites

anh-minh

sabrina ward harrison: a drop of inspiration

not martha: the first blog i ever read

hermex: a fellow cook, and he's all over tandoori chicken usa, which i have never been to, but dream of anyhow

cati fab

c. farivar

honors satyr: my high school english teacher/cross-country coach/friend/mentor (ha!)'s ninth-grade class's blog, set up a little differently

jamie o.

wish jar journal

shel silverstein

library liz: a girl here, a purl there, and some books in between

randal and david

ugly green chair

que sera sera

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helen jane

dooce

shops

fred flare

liberty

reprodepot fabrics: vintage fabrics

toast: lovely linens and lovely everything

aletha soule: my favorite pottery

ned and shell: women's style coop

pink spike: vintage screen printed tees

west elm: modern furniture, textiles and housewares. clean lines.

style council: some nice accessories and things

wedding tulle: planning a wedding? some nice ideas.

wishing fish: another gift boutique

smallflower pharmacy: has some really special and hard to find bath and body goods

herve chapelier: those bags that everyone and her mother has

dwell: modern linens and some housewares

tarsian and blinkley: my favorite cousin

denyse schmidt quilts: amazing quilts, via loobylu

blik: fun stickers for da walls

uncommon goods

dutch trade shop: iron ons!

john smedley: sweaters

design

jill bliss

designers guild: some interesting home design stuff

velocity art and design

check it out