Just across the Golden Gate Bridge, the School of Fashion at the Academy of Art University has over 2,500 designers-in-the making (and some live or grew up in Marin). Recently, several of their alumni jetted off to the Big Apple for an amazing opportunity— to have their collection appear on the runways on the...
Full disclosure: I am, in some ways, the ultimate consumer. I undoubtedly inherited this trait from my father, who as the typical rags-to-riches immigrant success story has been buying two of everything ever since he could afford to. I was quite possibly one of the first Ebay shoppers, and in 2005 I combined my...
Senior Editor Mimi Towle and I share an office. It’s got a great location in the back, windows looking out at a grassy knoll. It seems to be just the right size, any larger and there’s always the chance of another tenant movin’ in. And we’ve got all the bells and whistles—brand new Apple...
