Some women save old love letters. Bahya Oumlil-Murad, however, keeps the letters and forms she used to put on her first charity event, benefiting Orphelinat Goutte de Lait, Centre Lalla Meryem, an orphanage in Rabat, Morocco.

No one ever really needs an excuse to drink margaritas but if you do, just use National Guacamole Day, which we’re celebrating today, Sept. 16. Whether blended or on the rocks, nothing pairs better with guac than margs. If you’re looking for the best places for margaritas in San Francisco, this haute list is a good start:

Ignazio R. Marino, Mayor of Rome, talked trash on his recent visit to San Francisco, where he loves the sushi but stays away from the Italian food. He also told Haute Living what he really thinks about California wine.

Looking for something exciting to do this weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area? Check out Jason Derulo, who headlines Macy’s Passport Presents Glamorama 2014. There’s also a PlumpJack Winery Release Weekend celebration and shopping for a good cause on tap.

Befitting of its name, this year’s Opera Ball oozed elegance and grandeur as the San Francisco Opera opened its 92nd season on Sept. 5th. Celebrated couples, including George and Charlotte Shultz, Nancy and Paul Pelosi, Gordon and Ann Getty and Willie Brown and Sonya Molodetskaya, were among the glamorous glitterati on hand for Opera Ball 2014: Passione, the hautest event of San Francisco’s social season.

We’re still reeling in the fabulousness of this past week, which included the opening galas for the 103rd season of San Francisco Symphony and the 92nd season of San Francisco Opera. As if those two haute events weren’t enough to keep San Francisco’s glamour pusses busy, they also came out to support a visiting socialite, Nicky Hilton, who breezed through to promote her new book and attend her first San Francisco Symphony. Let’s look back at the Week in Review:

Now that we’ve suffered through June gloom, which for San Franciscans drags into July and August, it’s time to gear up for Indian Summer — that wonderful time of year when the mercury rises just enough to where we can put away our down jackets. Whether you’re looking for a cool place to take a yoga class or haute tips to protect your skin during the change of seasons, we offer some ideas.

Nicky Hilton, recently engaged to banker James Rothschild, talks wedding plans (well, sort of) and about new book, 365 Style, to Haute Living Magazine San Francisco during a stop in San Francisco. She plans to wear Valentino to the San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Night Gala on Sept. 3.

How much would you pay for six haute James Beard award-winning chefs to cook a private dinner for you and that special someone? At the Sonoma Harvest Wine Auction on Sunday at Chateau St. Jean, 25 couples bid $10,000 each for the experience, accounting for $250,000 of the record-shattering $4 million raised during the flagship event of Sonoma County Wine Weekend.