The high-end market has stalled a bit in the last few months, but some large deals are still taking place!

Built in 1923 by Gustave Albert Lansburgh, Kenneth MacDonald, and Maurice C. Couchot, the apartment building at 850 Powell Street, known as The Francesca, is a Nob Hill landmark.

Today we take a special tour inside.

We can report that the 2009 Decorator Showcase home in April will be the elegant home located at 2830 Pacific Avenue (between Divisadero and Broderick.)

The annual benefit for San Francisco University High School will take place April 25 through May 25, 2009. Last year’s event raised a record $713,267, and featured some of San Francisco’s best designers, such as Ann Getty, Will Wick, Geoffrey De Sousa, Michael Burg, and others.

This year’s list of designers hasn’t yet been released.

A reader recently pointed out a new use for Google: it makes a nifty ATM!

And not just any ATM, but one that spurts out millions of dollars at a time. What fun! Well, at least it is for Omid Kordestani, the company’s Senior VP for Global Sales & Business Development. Two million one day, a million the next — he’s been selling off his Google shares throughout 2008, for a total of at least $33 million.

The previous year, he had exercised some of his stock options for approximately $32.7 million.

So what did Kordestani get for his money? For one thing, one of the most coveted addresses in the country: 15 CPW.

Kendall Wilkinson Debuts Home Collection and Design Studio

About 200 people recently joined Kendall Wilkinson, one of San Francisco’s leading interior designers, at a launch party …

With concern that the San Francisco luxury real estate market is slowing down, we looked at sales figures for the period of 9/1/08 to today …

Below are five luxury real estate listings we just had to share with you, courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty. These are all priced over $3 …

We were just about to report on the pre-party hosted at the beautiful home of Suzanne and Carson Levit last week for benefactors of The …

One of San Francisco’s leading interior designers, Kendall Wilkinson, is hosting a launch party for her first-ever home collection on October 9th (from 6:00 – …

Le Petit Trianon at 3800 Washington
According to “Portfolio” magazine, Halsey Minor is planning to spend $15 million to renovate the Washington Street mansion he purchased …

Cathy Post and Kendall Wilkinson at the opening of SF20 in September.
Why I Support Raphael House
Kendall Wilkinson
“I support the Raphael House because it has such …

We were delighted to see Carolyne Zinko’s feature on Shanel, the 362-acre Sonoma estate that Gary Shansby and wife O.J. Shansby purchased in 1990.  The …

It was the book party to end all book parties.  Last week Melanie and Larry Ellison opened up their Pacific Heights home to celebrate the …

“A studly, Bunyanesque figure who showed too much chest and wore an expensive watch on each wrist, Taylor denied himself nothing and thought his clients …

Elizabeth Thieriot, Robert Eves, H.R.H. Crown Princess Katherine, H.R.H. Crown Prince Alexander and friends.
We recently attended a delightful luncheon at Elizabeth Thieriot’s Tiburon home …