SFlashback: Dede’s Peppermint Lounge

According to Time Magazine’s December 29th issue, 1961, it was “Washington’s party-of-the-week” when Diane (”Dede”) Buchanan, 18, made her debut in the stately gold-and-white Washington headquarters of the Organization of American States. Meyer Davis wrote a special song for the occasion, which began “Dede loves to travel and dance all night [...]

Year One for Podium

Sonya Molodetskaya hosted a fabulous holiday party last week at Vessel to celebrate the season and mark the first year anniversary of Podium, her chic Marina boutique.
The place was absolutely packed, and I ran into so many friends there I lost track. Thankfully, Elaine Santore and dreamy Luke Thomas were there to capture all the [...]

Silicon Valley Parties

Chad Hurley of Youtube, Marissa Mayer and Sergey Brin of Google, and even MC Hammer, all make it into this short video by Kara Swisher of All Things Digital, who takes us inside Silicon Valley’s A-List holiday parties. As you might expect, they’re rather low-key affairs. Very biz-cahj. I mean you won’t see Liza [...]

Christine Pelosi to Wed

The Nob Hill Gazette’s Catherine Bigelow has the scoop this month on the future conjoining of two San Francisco power families. Christine Pelosi (daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Paul Pelosi) is engaged to be wed to film producer Peter Kaufman (son of filmmaker Phil Kaufman & Rose Kaufman).
Christine wouldn’t divulge the date [...]

Treat her like a Queen

For those who have not yet bought a present for the special lady in your life, here’s a suggestion: contact the Legion of Honor about buying a bottle of the exclusive limited edition perfume called Marie Antoinette Sillage de la Reine Perfume.
The pricey scent ($900 for 25ml) is an exact replica of the scent worn [...]

Condos go Kinky?

A SFLuxe reader alerts us to this item at Socketsite and SFGate concerning the historic Mission Armory building and its controversial owner.
It seems that “Porn producer Peter Acworth, who bought the 93-year-old Mission Armory and turned it into a porn video studio, has approached the city Planning Department with the idea of converting some of [...]

Chanel’s Golden Glove

Shown last week in London at Chanel’s gorgeous pre-Fall 2008 ultra-luxury collection were the most amazing pair of golden lace gloves you will ever see. (Shown on the models above and below.)

Not for sale yet, they should be on the wish list of any well dressed woman for 2008 (contact Chanel on Maiden Lane [...]

Grilled Cheese with Martha Stewart

As a fan of both grilled cheese sandwiches and Martha Stewart, the SFLuxe editor was delighted to see this post on Martha’s blog today on how her favorite grilled cheese sandwich is prepared.
It’s like no grilled cheese sandwich I ever made, but it looks delish! Here’s Martha:
“I just love a sandwich grilled, [...]

Celebrating Persian “Solh”

Luke Thomas and his team at the Fog City Journal were at the Persian Winter “Solh” Fest at the Palace of Fine Arts, along with around 500 other people, to celebrate Persian art and culture.
At a time when our relations with Iran are so troubled, and the general opinion of Iran so frightfully misguided, [...]

Newsom & Clinton’s Relationship

As you know, SFLuxe is rarely political, but this is more like gossip anyhow, so it’s okay. From Wonkette today, there is this little item concerning Mayor Newsom’s support for Hillary Clinton, and the real reason he’s backing her. Apparently it’s because Obama doesn’t want his support. That’s not very nice. But then, [...]