Salvatore Ferragamo hosted a swanky cocktail party in their grand newly re-opened Post Street boutique to kick off the 2014 Mid-Winter Gala and to celebrate the House’s 100th year anniversary and founding in California.

  HERE IS OUR 2014 HAUTE LIST OF SAN FRANCISCO’S MOST PROMINENT BILLIONAIRES, ATHLETES, POWER COUPLES, INNOVATORS, PHILANTHROPISTS, COMMANDERS AND OF COURSE, ENTREPRENEURS. THIS IS THE HOME OF SILICON VALLEY, AFTER ALL… MARC ANDREESSEN AND BEN HOROWITZ CATEGORY: COMMANDERS COMPANY: ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ INDUSTRY: VENTURE CAPITALISM WHAT MAKES THEM HAUTE: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz are the co-founders […]

Photography Brad Mollath If you’ve ever dreamed of bathing in a tub of sparkling wine, then you’re in luck: Jean-Charles Boisset is about to make your fantasy a reality. This unusual experience is, in fact, newly on the menu at Raymond Vineyards thanks to the rich fantasy life of the Boisset Family Estates proprietor. He wanted […]

Tipping Point Community, the Bay Area’s leading poverty-fighting organization, held its 7th annual award breakfast at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco on December 12. This years honorees included the Eastside College Preparatory School, Larkin Street Youth Services, and Opportunity Junction, of which each received a grant of $50,000 for their work to prevent […]

Wender Weis Foundation for Children (WWFC) presented its fourth annual Holiday Heroes event at AT&T Park in San Francisco on December 9, where Jennifer and Joe Montana were honored with the organization’s first-ever Inspiration Award. The Montanas were honored for their philanthropic efforts and positive impact on the community through their Four Rings Montana Family Foundation. […]

Bay Area designers were hard at work creating their one-of-a-kind wreathes for charity over the holidays. The pieces were auctioned off at the Children of Shelters’ annual fundraiser, Jingle and Mingle, which was held at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio on December 5. The event is considered one of the most unique and […]

Glide Memorial Church celebrated its 50-year anniversary with a feel-good evening of music, spoken word and storytelling at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House on December 4th. The evening included a message from Dr. Maya Angelou along with performances from Valerie Simpson, Judith Hill, Tom Johnston, San Jose Taiko, the Glide Ensemble and the Change […]

Cinefiles and oenophiles joined forces for a full week of revelry at the 3rd annual Napa Valley Film Festival this year, which took place from November 13 – 17 in Yountville, Napa proper, St. Helena and Calistoga.  For five full days, the Valley was transformed into a mecca of film, food and wine, with festival […]

No other festival can celebrate the connection between food and wine quite like Flavor! Napa Valley, where gourmands and oenophiles enjoyed five days of inspired, artisan-grown and hand-crafted wine and food from November 20-24. Over 3000 guests attended the 3rd installment of Flavor!, which featured over 50 celebrated chefs including Michael Chiarello, Todd English, Jeffrey […]