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Advice from Claudia Juestel

Claudia Juestel One of San Francisco's leading interior designers, Claudia Juestel, was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle by Anh-Minh Le, in a piece titled "Cave or cottage, home is castle," a reference to the wide range of environments she has transformed over the years. Claudia, who founded the Adeeni Design ...

Pride at the Fairmont

Robert Michael Joseph, Anita Cocktail, Lance Holman The 2009 Pride Week festivities in San Francisco seemed more exciting this year than at any other, with everything from sweaty street parties on Market to chic cocktail parties on Nob Hill to bring the LGBT community together. We tend to skip sweaty street ...

Friends Under The Dome

For 29 years, Academy of Friends has been on the front lines in the fight against HIV and AIDS. During Pride Week 2009 in San Francisco, they held a fundraiser at the Westfield Center with the theme "Twilight T-Dance Under the Dome." Philippe Lafon, Jorge Maumer, Bruce Benzler, Joel Goodrich, Henrick Rasmussen Coco ...

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Photographer Inquiry San Francisco Luxury Living's professional photographers have covered hundreds of events across the city. Their work has appeared here at SFLuxe.com, and countless other publications, including 7x7, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Haute Living, Town & Country, Women's Wear Daily and Vanity Fair. If you would like to inquire ...

Summer Arrives With A Splash!

W San Francisco and Image Three, Inc. make a SPLASH for charity during San Francisco Pride Splish, Splash, W San Francisco and Image Three Inc. sure know how to throw a bash! The Richmond Ermet AIDS Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for AIDS service organizations in the ...

Inside The Belgravia

We are so pleased to provide a look inside another important San Francisco building designed by Frederick Herman Meyer, the great architect whom we spotlighted recently for his landmark-making work at 2950 Broadway, 783 Market and elsewhere throughout the City. The Belgravia, at 795 Sutter Street, is an 18-unit luxury midrise ...

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Gala

Honorary Gala Chair Rita Moreno, Gala Co-Chair Sheree Chambers Dancers, diplomats and superstar of stage and screen Rita Moreno rubbed shoulders at the 2009 gala of the 31st Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Three hundred and seventy-five people attended the celebratory event, enjoying ...

The 19th Annual Donors Luncheon

John Buchanan, Dede Wilsey, and Hesham Elnakib, Consul General of Egypt In anticipation of the de Young's spectacular opening of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco recently hosted a luncheon in recognition of their donors, whose contributions help make such exhibitions possible. ...

A Private Reception for Dr. Harkless

Anette Harris and Dr. Jeff Thomas, neurosurgeon at CPMC A reception hosted by Anette Harris and Scott Tafuri, DPM, was recently held in San Francisco, honoring Lawrence B. Harkless DPM, a graduate of the California College of Podiatric Medicine. Lawrence Harkless, D.P.M., and his wife, Gerry Lawrence Dr. Harkless is the Founding Dean ...

Gavin Newsom on Times Cover

Although Gavin Newsom is falling way behind Jerry Brown and billionaire Meg Whitman in fundraising efforts for his gubernatorial campaign, he's proving to be not so shabby in the PR department. This weekend he takes the cover of the New York Times Magazine, which is distributed nationally. While the Times ...