As I write, I’ve been sequestered in the house due to poor air quality from the tragic Camp Fire in Butte County, California. Despite being three hours away, the effects are impacting San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. The sunrise has been a beautiful yet haunting smoky orange. Daily warnings of unhealthy air – a reading that have risen from orange to red to purple (!) according to the

How to find joy? Marie Kondo’s books may hold the secret for some, but I’m happy to share one of my secret portals to this magical state of being. It begins with an afternoon like this: A picture-perfect Sunday with brilliant sunshine, warm air and a cool breeze. Throngs are amassed at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in Golden Gate Park. An entirely different array of thro

Much gratitude to the editors of San Francisco Magazine for naming Liberated Spaces the best organizer in their annual Best of San Francisco issue (July 2018). Read about all the 260 winners and check out the sideways 1,185 “fun fact” and blurb about my business. (click photos to enlarge)

While I’ve been a certified SF Green Business since 2008, I’m excited to announce Liberated Spaces has become the fifth business in the state of California (!!!) to attain Innovator tier certification. As posted in San Francisco Department of the Environment’s (SF Environment) announcement today: “I became a Green Business in order to more formally incorporate and deepen th

I’m a few weeks late for the Academy Awards, but scores have been on my mind. Far from an avid movie-goer, I’d be hard pressed to match most pieces of music to a film, but I’ve been pondering a different kind of score. These are the types of scores that make hardly a sound. They are invisible to the uninitiated. When then their presence is known and understood, their power is mighty. T

Moving is often an overwhelming process. In addition to all the planning and the temporary inconvenience, packing up and then unfurling belongings in a space one has yet to become acquainted with is always a tad discombobulating. Moving interrupts the groove and flow of daily life to which one’s become accustomed, and recreating logical spatial layouts and rhythm that support day to day need