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Two-Year Design & Construction. Wine-Tasting Room Now OPEN!
RD Winery, the first Vietnamese-owned winery in the Napa Valley, has at long last opened its doors. The 1600-square-foot tasting room had...
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Memories of Pastasciutta con Pesto
Nothing transports me to my childhood more than fresh, fragrant, sweet basil. It’s a leafy, green herb easily grown in Napa’s...
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A Home’s Renovation and Connection to Napa's Malfatti
Besides being the place where Cayetano Juarez died (while sitting at the bar in 1883), the Depot is known for its malfatti. Virginia, a nati
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Hygge, Lagom and Wabi Sabi
Luckily for us in the Napa Valley, any and all colors work. In fact, any and all parts of these philosophies can bring health and harmony to
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Reviving an Old-School Practice
Beautiful stationery, refined fountain pens, and handwritten notes. Today’s times are fast, hurried, digital, and in my opinion, in need of
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Instagram Inspiration
I admit that I’ve come late to two popular and entertaining phenomena. One is BritBox, a massive collection of streaming British...
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Lunch With Architect and Legend - John Pflueger
My lunch date with John Pflueger, Sonoma-based architect and head of the oldest architectural firm west of the Mississippi, included a memor
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My Oblivious Mentor - John Saladino
After 30 years, John Saladino still makes me swoon. This New York architect and designer doesn’t know me from a hole in the wall. Nonetheles
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Patti's 10 Favorites Beyond Design
"Getting to Know Your Designer" ... by Joan McDonald, An interview by Aspired Design Magazine ADM: Favorite book? PLC: The Count of Monte...
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Verre Églomisé ... A Pre-Roman Artistic Technique Still Practiced Today
Let’s get the hard part out of the way. Verre Églomisé is pronounced “ver A-glowm-ee-zay” with a slight pause after the “ver” and an emphasi
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Glassybaby: A One-of-a-Kindness Company
What do you get when you combine a 4,000-year-old craft with optimism, comfort, persistence, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a big heart? Gla
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World War I Centennial Inspires a National Memorial
Although communities have erected memorials to recognize these wars, national memorials have taken a while to follow. The Vietnam Memorial w
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Demystifying the San Francisco Design Center
Have you ever browsed through home decor magazines and wondered where to find such beautiful furnishings? You know you haven’t seen them in
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The Golden Ratio
But how do these Golden formulas address our universal consensus of pleasing proportions? Back to nature’s spirals. It turns out that they a
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Design World Fun Facts
A woman strolling along a street in Paris spotted Picasso sketching near a sidewalk cafe. Not so thrilled that she couldn’t be slightly pres
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Washington D.C. Memorials
The Monuments and Memorials at the National Mall in Washington D.C. also pull at my heartstrings. They represent the same extraordinary, ult
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An Ethereal and Otherworldly Garden ... A San Francisco Courtyard is Transformed
A few weeks ago, Napa Valley Register feature's editor, Sasha Paulsen, and I ventured down to the 2013 San Francisco Decorator Showcase. Thi
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Breaking Design Rules and Habits
Breaking rules and habits begin by being fearless, or at the very least, being open-minded to new ideas. When making your next design decisi
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My Valentine in Orange
I received a beautiful Valentine’s gift yesterday. One that sent my imagination adrift – to the ringing of Gothic cathedral bells, the clack
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Tuscan Hill Town Recipe Close to my Heart
I watched my grandmother, Angiolina Lorenzi Polidori, make this recipe hundreds of times during my childhood. When you leave out the bread,
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