Kelly E. Carter

New York Times bestselling author Kelly E. Carter is as versatile as she is peripatetic and a lover of the luxe life. She's covered sports, entertainment, fashion, travel, and fine dining and cocktail trends throughout her award-winning career. The jetsetter has globetrotted to more than 40 countries and territories on six continents. In 2014, Kelly won a prestigious Lowell Thomas Award for her tail-all travel guide, The Dog Lover's Guide to Travel, a National Geographic guidebook featuring 75 great destinations in the U.S. and Canada to vacation with a dog. Previously, Kelly teamed up with tennis phenom Venus Williams to co-author the NYT bestseller Come to Win. The Los Angeles native lived in Italy and New York before settling down in San Francisco, where she keeps her finger on the pulse of the hautest happenings and humans in the Bay Area.

Posts by Kelly E. Carter

Marlowe Owners To Open Leo’s Luxury Oyster Bar in SF

Look for Big Night Restaurant Group, the hospitable folks behind Park Tavern, The Cavalier and Marlowe, to get even bigger this year with the addition of a fourth San Francisco restaurant called Leo’s Luxury Oyster Bar.

Alexandra Pelosi Talks About Her Controversial New HBO Documentary, San Francisco 2.0

San Francisco’s dirty laundry will be aired tonight when Emmy-winning filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi’s newest documentary, “San Francisco 2.0,” debuts exclusively on HBO at 9:00pm ET/PT.

Inside The Napa Valley Film Festival Preview Bash In Silicon Valley

The Napa Valley Film Festival recently celebrated the upcoming 2015 festival, taking place November 11-15 throughout the Valley, with an exclusive preview for members of the festival’s Patron Circle and VIP guests in the Silicon Valley.

Behind The Scenes At The Sizzling SF Symphony Gala

It’s hard to say who gave the more commanding performance: Kelsey Grammer, Alexandra Silber and Nathan Gunn onstage with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony or the women who came out to celebrate the opening of the 2015-16 season of this world-renown orchestra on Sept. 24 the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. They all deserve a standing ovation.

SF: Celebrate Fall Fashion With Giuliana Rancic And Jake Wall At Macy’s Union Square

The supermodels may have left New York for fashion week in London but here in San Francisco, we’ve got a fashion show of our own coming up at Macy’s Union Square on Sept. 25 with Giuliana Rancic of E!’s “Fashion Police” and our very own local couturier Jake Wall, who has given us even more reason to tune into “Project Runway.” Rancic will host Macy’s Presents Fashion’s Front Row, a free runway show featuring the hottest looks from top designers.

Talking SF Symphony With Clarissa Nicosia

The glitz and glamour of San Francisco’s sizzling social season continues tonight with the San Francisco Symphony’s opening gala at Davies Symphony Hall. Four elegant dinners and an energetic after party will sandwich Kelsey Grammer, Nathan Gunn and Alexandra Silber performing Broadway classics as Michael Tilson Thomas conducts. It really does take a village to pull it all together. We decided to spotlight one of the significant village people, Clarissa Nicosia, a member of the Symphonix board and co-chair, along with Brianna Haag, of the Symphonix dinner

SF What’s On My Desk: Blurb Founder & CEO Eileen Gittins

It’s been 10 years since Eileen Gittins founded San Francisco-based Blurb®, a self-publishing and marketing platform that unleashes the creative genius inside all of us.

9 Questions With SF Opera Leader David Gockley

We’re a week into San Francisco Opera’s 2015-16 season, the final for General Director David Gockley. Just before the current season opened, we caught up with Gockley to ask him 10 questions relating to his achievements, what he would do over if he could and techies and opera.

SF Symphony And Valentino Gear Up For Opening Gala Starring Kelsey Grammer

We’re just a couple of days away from the start of the 2015-16 San Francisco Symphony season, which will begin with an extravagant opening gala on Thursday, Sept. 24. The fabulous mother-daughter team of Dagmar Dolby and Natasha Dolby are co-chairing this year’s festivities and recently hosted a party at the Valentino boutique in Union Square to get ready for their big evening.

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