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

Warriors Win 1st NBA Championship In 40 Years; Parade On Friday

The Golden State Warriors, the hautest team in the league all season, won their first NBA championship in 40 years with a 105-97 win in Cleveland on June 16. Get ready for the parade on Friday!

A New Haute Way to Relax at Spa Solage in Calistoga

Calistoga is known for its spas and there is none better than Spa Solage. Just when we thought the award-winning spa at Solage Calistoga couldn’t get any better, it does with the addition of a new indoor/outdoor Relaxation Lounge and other features that will make you want to book a treatment there now

SF Bay Area Wineries Gear Up For Summer Concert Series

The beauty of California’s famed wine country is not just the landscape and the wine but the cultural offerings as well. As we prepare to head into summer, when you’ll want to head east to escape the chill of San Francisco, here’s a look at the hautest summer concert series taking place at Bay Area wineries this season.

Dishing With Marchese Piero Antinori Before Tonight’s Haute Dinner at Pèppoli at Pebble Beach

Marchese Piero Antinori will be the guest of honor at an exclusive dinner on June 10 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Pèppoli at Pebble Beach.

SF: The Haute Shreve & Co. Sale You Don’t Want To Miss

Shreve & Co. is having a brief moving sale featuring a multi-million dollar collection of exquisite diamonds, couture and designer jewelry and luxury timepieces. The Shreve & Co. Relocation Sale opens to the public on Friday, June 12 at 10:00 a.m. at Shreve’s Post Street in downtown SF and Stanford Shopping Center locations.

Gavin and Jennifer Newsom, Marc Benioff And Floyd Mayweather Among The VIPs at Warriors Game

Carlos Santana and his drummer wife Cindy Blackman Santana performed the national anthem. Marc Benioff sat courtside next to will.i.am; Floyd Mayweather had a courtside seat too. Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel Newsom were just a row back. And that’s how it was on June 7 as the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers squared off in a nail-biter Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the hautest ticket in the Bay Area these days. The disappointing overtime loss assures a Game 5 on Sunday, June 14—and that there will be plenty of famous faces in the stands.

John Legend’s Surprise Performance Helps Auction Napa Valley Raise $15.8 Million

A surprise performance by Grammy winner John Legend at the Live Auction Celebration of Auction Napa Valley 2015 helped the annual charity event put on by the Napa Valley Vintners raise $15.8 million.

Haute Fashion Looks From Farfetch That You Need Now

We don’t have to look far(fetch) for fashion advice. We’ve turned to Alannah Sparks, Fashion Editor at Farfetch, to get her advice for what we should be wearing right now. She’s responsible for setting the fashion tone of the website’s editorial and cultivating relationships within the industry at large, as well as sourcing fashion stories from Farfetch’s wide network of international boutiques. So you know she knows what’s haute.

Auction Napa Valley 2015 Gets Underway

The NBA Finals isn’t the only haute event taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area right now. Auction Napa Valley, the most celebrated wine charity event, is underway too and runs through Sunday, June 7. The highly-anticipated Live Auction Celebration, featuring exciting lots with wine and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, takes place Saturday at Meadowood Napa Valley. At the various welcome dinners with vintners throughout the Valley on June 4, wine enthusiasts peeked at their smartphones to keep track of the NBA score while they enjoyed delicious meals in picturesque wine settings.

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