Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it’s time to start thinking about the real holidays. For holiday home decor tips, we went to Marin’s interior designer extraordinaire Jean Larette of Larette Design. Whether you’re entertaining at home in December or just want to get your abode in the holiday spirit, follow Larette’s five haute holiday home decor tips to get your home holiday ready!

Whether your style is Downtown Abbey or graffiti-inspired; the de Young or Alcatraz Island, the San Francisco art scene has something for you this fall. Visitors and residents alike will delight in the works on display throughout these four exhibits you won’t want to miss:

For years, Komal Shah wore the cloak of computer geek well. The moniker fit her then as well as the vibrant designer gowns she now dons at galas. The former computer executive has gone from computer geek to chic after giving up her tech career to focus on her family. Charities and the arts have benefited.

Haute Living goes one on one with OpenTable CEO Matt Roberts, who is changing his company from a transactional one to more experiential by introducing new ways to use OpenTable, including Pay with Open Table and paying with Apple Pay. Digital dining diaries aren’t far off.

If the recent rain made you start searching for a desert oasis to escape the next downpour, you weren’t alone. Now is a terrific time to return to the legendary La Quinta Resort & Club. The sprawling property, located just outside of Palm Springs, recently unveiled a haute new look following a multi-million dollar facelift that would make any San Francisco socialite proud to sport.

We survived another week, despite the rain, and the Oakland Raiders finally won a game. Now that’s reason to celebrate! Speaking of reveling, there was plenty of that going on the last week. Read on to find out why San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff, author Jennifer Raiser, jewelry designer Lisa Salzer and restaurateurs Johnny and Paul Tanphanich had reason to smile as we look back at the week in review.

As the work week winds down, you’re already thinking about what you’re going to do Friday night. If you want to hang with San Francisco’s haute, hip crowd then make your way to Hakkasan, the ultra-cool modern Chinese eatery on the second floor of the iconic One Kearny building. That’s where you’ll find a downtown crowd that flocks there to celebrate the end of the week inside 10,000 square feet of sexiness that is still going strong, nearly two years after opening.

If you’re trying to figure out where to pick up the best Thanksgiving desserts in San Francisco, don’t fret. We got this! Here are six haute suggestions.

If you’re planning to throw a haute Thanksgiving feast, you’ll first want to read these five Thanksgiving table tips from Villeroy & Boch’s entertaining expert Isabelle von Boch. She offers fabulous decorating suggestions on everything from the size of your candleholders to where you place the desserts to which goblets to use—special touches that will make your Thanksgiving spread truly memorable. Here’s how you can give thanks in style: