Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. at the National Shrine of Saint Francis …

Have you seen this man at your front door?
If you have, by all means let him in! He’s cute, he’s been working hard, and best of all — he’s from Cartier!
The Cartier Page has been all over San Francisco hand delivering one of the hottest …

The Grey Goose Oyster Cup was just held at the Cerro Pampa Polo Club in Petaluma. This is the third year the polo tournament has been held there, with a portion of the proceeds going to The Nature Conservancy.

Above, a polo player …

There are so many wonderful charitable organizations in San Francisco, it’s hard to say one has a favorite, but at the top of my list is Raphael House.
It was founded in 1971 as the first homeless shelter for families in the city, and so far …

Time is running out to buy tickets for this week’s more exciting events.
On Wednesday the 11th at the Clift, Rosario Dawson and Gavin Newsom are unveiling Voto Latino’s 2007 Voter Inspiration Program, called “VL Voices.”  Rosario co-founded the organization to reach the more than 2.45 …

Christopher Caen, photo by Strange de Jim. 
Christopher Caen has just launched a new magazine about philanthropy, called Aware Magazine.  A preview of the first issue is online, with articles about Bobbie Silton of Gap, the J. Paul Getty Trust, SF treasurer Jose Cisneros and others.  …

Cameron Sinclair and wife Kate Stohr, in Biloxi, Mississippi last year. [Photo via Wired.com]
Today Cameron Sinclair is in Cape Town, South Africa. In a few days you’ll find him in Washington, DC., and later he’ll be in Aspen, Colorado. When is he ever …

This is one of the most fabulous things I’ve heard about in a long time. At kiva.org you can actually loan money to people in poor countries so they can build their businesses.

For instance, you can send $25 to this woman in Kenya — and …

The current issue of SFis reports on Dede Wilsey’s plans for the de Young Museum’s costume collection.
She would like it to rival the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
“When we do a costume show, I want it to be the …

Lorry Lokey has just donated $33 million to the Institute for Stem Cell Research at Stanford. After selling Businesswire for $500 million last year (which he founded), Lokey has been giving money to a number of Universities. He says, “It’s great to move in …

Ann Getty unexpectedly shows up in a profile on Robert King Wilkerson today. Wilkerson, a former Black Panther, was falsely jailed and placed in solitary confinement in a Louisiana prison for 29 years. While there he used his ingenuity to figure out how to cook …