Peter Thiel and Max Levchin. Photo: Robyn Twomey, Fortune Magazine.
SFluxe’s favorite Masters of the Universe, Peter Thiel and Max Levchin (aren’t they handsome when they dress up?) are profiled today by Fortune magazine. It’s an amusing piece. I love their description of …

These days it seems the most popular neighborhood in San Francisco is Palm Springs. Who doesn’t know someone, or a few, who have taken a second residence in the desert valley? Obviously the weather, the extreme opposite-ness from what we have here, is …

There’s something slightly absurd about the front-page New York Times article that ran on Sunday about San Francisco’s “rich young princes” (the Internet m/billionaires of our area), which focussed mostly on the remarkably un-glamorous lifestyle of 32-year old Max Levchin, a PayPal founder who is …

According to the October issue of “Town & Country” magazine, Jordon Park is the neighborhood in San Francisco where “the living is suddenly sublime.” The magazine recommends it for its “wide, level street and oversized homes,” noting that “for growing families whose children …

The St. Regis and The Four Seasons are two of the most highly desired condo buildings in San Francisco, due to their locations, views, quality, amenities, and premiere services (like butler, valet parking, on-call maintenance, 24-hour room service, housekeeping, and so on.)
Unfortunately, many of the …

The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine published an excerpt on Sunday from David Kaplan’s new book “Mine’s Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built.” The story is about Tom Perkins’ beautiful yacht, the Maltese Falcon. An interesting read as a magazine article, …

Oscar de la Renta, with Trevor Traina and Dede Wilsey in Lake Tahoe, 2005.
I’m sure that most SFluxe readers have already secured their tickets, but if not, you must hurry because time is running out. The always popular League to Save Lake Tahoe fashion …

Richard Miller, of SparkleTack.com, has been writing some of the most useful and well-researched articles online about San Francisco history. SFluxe is a regular reader of the site, which reminds us that living well in San Francisco often involves knowing a bit of the …

The newly designed (and much improved!) “San Francisco Chronicle Magazine” ran a fabulously amusing cover story this weekend about the goings-on at 2500 Steiner, the great co-op atop Pacific Heights on the corner of Steiner and Jackson.

Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis.
I find it surprising that the …

Homes priced at $3 million to $5 million in San Francisco’s exclusive Pacific Heights neighborhood “fly off the shelf,” says Pacific Union broker Steve Gothelf.
And according to Katherine August-deWilde, COO at San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, “Demand for homes over $3 million is extremely strong …

I still have the scar on my cheek.
A warning to those who go to the drag queen show at the Starlight Room: Casandra Cass’s dress doubles as an exotic Kung-Fu weapon.
Imagine it, a 6-foot drag queen covered in glitz, coming at you twirling as you …

This is the favorite home of Pacific Heights architectural expert Arthur Bloomfield. Sorry folks, it’s not for sale — but Arthur’s book is. Everything you ever wanted to know about the homes of Pacific Heights is in “Gables and Fables: A Portrait of …

Socketsite reports that 2901 Broadway has finally been placed on the MLS. While the listing agents were initially rather vague about pricing — hoping to snag an offer above $65 million — they have now put an asking price on it: $55 million. (Aren’t you …

SFluxe editor Damion is thrilled to announce his new collaboration with Barbara Corcoran, founder of the Corcoran Group in New York, and one of the nation’s foremost experts in Real Estate.
He will periodically contribute to her popular website, “Barbara Corcoran Ink,” a chatty but …

Moises Alou, the San Francisco Giants outfielder, and his wife Austria, are selling their Noe Valley home. The asking price is $1.949 million. Three-bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2300 square feet. Built in 1956, but renovated in 2005. Great views of the city …