Author: Frances

Laval, the welcome new design shop in Santa Ynez, is a charming blend of funky, French, and vintage. #laval #santaynezvalley #santaynez

So happy to celebrate author and friend Cynthia Spivey @smilingwatergroup and her new book How to Eat Paleo (When You Don’t Live in a Cave) and it’s fab with great and easy recipes. #howtoeatpaleo Thank you for hosting @margerumwine and @hollyejacobs

A great morning on a panel with #fannieflagg #melodiejohnsonhowe #susanmilesgulbransen and @smilingwatergroup at the lovely Little Town Club in #santabarbara.

Beside my morning chair. #morningmeditation #stilllife #lilies #buddha

Thank heaven for little girls.

Am just crazy about this blue and white kitchen designed by @christinarottman for a Montecito client in Sept/Oct @verandamag Photographed by @rogerdaviephotography. @christopherspitzmiller ginger jar in foreground. @marjorie_skouras_design pendant lights. #orangeandblue #blueandwhite #kitchendesign

Home again. #santaynezvalley #hotairballoon #socal

@waltgeonske

Loved my sweet lityle room with the working gas fireplace @haciendadelsol in #taosnewmexico

And what it looked like tonight… #taosmountain #haciendadelsol #sacredmountain

Morning quickie of Taos Mountain as seen from the Hacienda del Sol. #pleinair #taosnewmexico #taos #taosmountain #sacredmountain

And so to bed. My cozy room at the #haciendadelsol in #taos. #southweststyle