Styled Just for You

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            Walking into Christie’s, a newly opened boutique in Mission Hills, is like visiting your most hip BFF before a big night out and having her dress you head to toe from her really cool closet. The owner, Elizabeth Leffler, a bubbly and confident blond from Collinsville, Illinois, a small…

Hot Chocolate

2 min read

On the eve of Valentine’s Day, I went into a store called the Chocolate Haus. I’d driven past it a million times and never even noticed it.    A couple of days later, I tasted the still unopened chocolate covered toffee. I was blown away. The Chocolate Haus has some…

Hot Gossip

    Hot Gossip Watch: What chic San Diego boutique owner and clothing designer is rumored to be a contestant on the next edition of TV’s fabulous Project Runway? Gordana Gelhausen opened GOGA by Gordana with little fanfare on January,  at the corner of 4th and Market Street downtown.  She won’t say…