ritzy

today, i went to afternoon tea at the ritz for a friend's birthday. luxurious - they let you sit and sip - bubbly bellinis and pots and pots of tea - for hours and hours. perfect place for a baby shower or as an alternative-to-bar birthday location. especially good: fruit (all the usual suspects plus grapes!) tarts and, well, the bellinis.

yum

I tried out Bi-Rite Creamery today.

Oh My God. So good. Going back.

holiday views

we spent the last week or so in CT and NYC where it was unseasonably warm. The trees in the woods at sunset looked gorgeous.

also looking good - the cooper hewitt facade & central park:

I also explored Fort Greene in Brooklyn.

I need to go back in the daylight to check it out further - including such curiosities as this former dry cleaner's, now a swank shop called Stuart & Wright (they've kept the old cleaner's sign)...

And back in SF, we had a fantastic view of New Year's fireworks from our apt: