Homes and Gardens

Charlotte’s Show-stopping Joan Zimmerman

Mary Gilbert Homes and Gardens, United States February 26, 2014Bob Zimmerman, Charlotte, David Zimmerman, Home & Garden Show, Joan Zimmerman, North Carolina, Packing tips, Robert Zimmerman, Southern Christmas Show, Southern Farm Show, Southern Shows, Southern Spring Home & Garden Show, The Park Expo and Conference Center, Travel, Travel blog, Travel writing, Women's Show 4 Comments

Right away I realized two things about Joan Zimmerman when we first met recently for tea in Charlotte. She knows a good idea when she hears one. She also knows how to make it an even better idea. In 1959,Read more

Living with the Eames Legacy

Mary Gilbert Arts and Culture, Homes and Gardens, United States September 18, 2013Bronze sculpture, Charles and Ray Eames, Charles and Ray Eames House Preservation Foundation, Charles Eames, Demetrios & Eames, Design, Eames legacy, Eames look, Eames Lounge chair, Eames Office, Guest-host relationship, Herman Miller, Llisa Demetrios, Lucia Eames, Lunar Asparagus Series, Mathematica, Mid-Century Modern, National Historic Landmark, Pacific Palisades, Powers of Ten, Ray Eames, Titan Series, Travel, Travel blog, Travel writing, Vitra 10 Comments

The date was August 21. To Bill and me, it was just the third Wednesday of the month. When we sat down with sculptor Llisa Demetrios that morning at her home and studio in Sonoma County for an interview aboutRead more

Anne Teller and a Legacy of Land

Mary Gilbert Food and Wine, Homes and Gardens, United States August 26, 2013airbnb, Anne Teller, Bucklin Zinfandel, Glen Ellen, Highway 12, Hood Mountain, Oak Hill Farm, Old Hill Ranch, Otto Teller, Ravenswood, San Francisco, Secret Pasture, Sonoma Land Trust, Sustainable agriculture, The Locavore's Dilemma, Travel, Travel blog, Travel writing, Valley of the Moon, Vineyard Gatehouse, Wendy Westerbeke, Westerbeke Ranch, Will Bucklin, Zucchini soup, Zucchini soup recipe 2 Comments

Posted from Glen Ellen, CA Anne Teller owns the Vineyard Gatehouse, the cottage we’re renting in Glen Ellen that’s situated on Old Hill Ranch vineyard. She and her late husband, Otto Teller, are revered in Sonoma Valley as pioneering andRead more

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