You’ve mastered downward dog and goddess but don’t know a crane from a firefly. You’re intimidated by those whose flexibility makes them seem like a freak of nature. Don’t worry. Just have fun doing yoga, says Tara Stiles, nicknamed the yoga rebel. Haute Living sat down with Stiles at the W San Francisco, which recently celebrated the opening of its new fitness center and concept designed in collaboration with Stiles with an oh-so-cool party in its haute new event space and impressive terrace.

For months we’ve eagerly awaited the opening of rag & bone, the latest notch on the belt of charming Fillmore Street, arguably the hautest street in the nation. The wait is over. The edgy high-fashion New York retailer finally opened its first Northern California boutique last week on the corner of Fillmore and California. And it’s haute!

Polo star Nacho Figueras, one of the hautest polo players in the world, heated up Sonoma Valley when he rode in for the inaugural St. Regis Polo Cup on Sept. 20 at the Wine Country Polo Club. VIP guests arrived in bespoke Bentleys for the event and enjoyed live music, a gourmet Argentine Asado, signature St. Regis Bloody Mary cocktails and wine tastings provided by Hamel Family Wines, Sojourn, Deerfield Ranch, Madrone Vineyards Estate and more.

The grand opening celebration of Christian Louboutin’s first San Francisco boutique highlighted a week’s worth of events in the San Francisco Bay Area that also included Graff saluting the inaugural Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, a PlumpJack Reserve Winemaker Dinner and the First Look at the Napa Valley Film Festival.

Credit Celebrity Chef Michael Chiarello for helping turn Yountville into the culinary capital of California’s wine country.

International luxury brands have formed a chic clique in Silicon Valley at the Westfield Valley Fair. Balenciaga, Giorgio Armani, and Prada are a few of the high-end retailers that occupy the ground floor of this Santa Clara retail destination, further validating that there is spending desire and sophistication south of San Francisco.

With a spectacular co-op on Central Park West and an exquisite home in Bridgehampton, fashion designer Carmen Marc Valvo epitomizes New York. But if there was one other place in the United States he would live, it would be San Francisco.

Even if you could never throw a pass like quarterback Joe Montana or catch ones like wide receivers Jerry Rice or Dwight Clark, you can still strike a pose next to those former 49er greats. The new Levi’s Stadium, already the hautest NFL arena, added another dimension when it recently unveiled its 49ers Hall of Fame and Museum presented by Sony. Rice and Clark were among those to walk a gold carpet to enter the 20,000-square-foot-shrine, where they mingled with guests and posed with admirers.

If you’ve been to the Rosewood Sand Hill hotel—and who hasn’t by now?—certainly you’ve seen the darling Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry boutique across from the elegant Madera restaurant. Now, just steps away and off the lobby of the luxurious Menlo Park hotel, is its spacious sister store: Stephen Silver, which showcases the hautest timepieces from Richard Mille, HYT, Audemars Piguet, Ulysse Nardin and other exclusive brands that appreciate the art of haute horlogerie in a setting befitting its tech-driven location.