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

10 Reasons Not To Miss The 10th Annual Napa Valley Festival Del Sole

Napa Valley’s Festival del Sole turns 10 this year and we’ve got 10 reasons you’ll want to make your plans now to attend the festivities, which take place July 17-26 and artfully blend the world’s finest classical, jazz, opera, theater and dance artists with curated culinary, wine and fitness pursuits in Napa Valley’s most iconic settings.

Catching Up With Colbie Caillat Before Yountville Live

Haute Living talks Yountville Live, music and wine with two-time Grammy Award winning pop singer/songwriter Colbie Caillat, one of the headliners at the inaugural festival, taking place March 19-22 in Yountville.

SF Week in Review: Clint Eastwood Honored And Haute Healdsburg Restaurants

A lifetime achievement honor for our Haute 100 member Clint Eastwood, a look at the five hautest restaurants in Healdsburg, a peek inside the chic events surrounding the opening of High Style: The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection, and 10 haute events you’ll want to put on your spring calendar were just a few of the news and notes we shared with you during the last week. To make things easy for you, we’ve wrapped it all up here in our Week in Review.

High Style On Display In More Ways Than One At SF’s Legion of Honor

The most fashionable place to be in San Francisco this week has been the Legion of Honor. On March 11, an exclusive black tie dinner was held for the major donors and sponsors of High Style: The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection. The following evening, a bevy of stylish San Franciscans flocked to the museum for a private opening reception and preview of the exhibit, which opens to the public on March 14 and runs through July 19, 2015.

Ron Conway, Jack Dorsey and Nick Woodman Turn Out For BUILD Gala

Venture capitalist Ron Conway, Twitter and Square’s Jack Dorsey, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman and Ben Silbermann, founder and CEO of Pinterest, were among the tech titans to gather for the 5th annual BUILD Gala, which drew over 500 of the most prominent entrepreneurs, investors and tech titans from across the country to San Francisco’s new Pier 27 international cruise ship terminal on March 7 and raised more than $1.6 million in one extraordinary night.

Top 5: Best Restaurants To Refuel After Wine-Tasting in Healdsburg

Sonoma County Restaurant Week is underway but we are so impressed with the eateries in and around Healdsburg that we suggest you keep our list featuring the best restaurants in Healdsburg handy year round.

5 Ways For Jetsetters To Stay Zen While Traveling

Yoga instructor Christine Chen, author of Happy-Go-Yoga, offers five ways for people to take their zen with zem while they travel.

The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, one of the most exciting events on the PGA Tour, was played under beautiful blue skies on three of the Monterey Peninsula’s premier golf courses

The San Francisco Ballet Kicks off its 2015 Season

Love was in the air when the San Francisco Ballet kicked off its 2015 season and Helgi Tomasson‘s 30th anniversary as its artistic director

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