I started seeing NYC two weeks ago. We’re still in the early phases of dating. Assessing how much we like each other. Wondering whether this is a fling, a friendship, or the real deal. The city is beautiful no doubt. The architecture stops you in your tracks. It catches you unaware …
Rufskin
The owners of the Rufskin Clothing line and the new North Park store have been partners for over twenty years and the adorable couple, Douglas Coats and Hubert Pouches, are a perfect team. Pouches was a modeling agent. The two met in Paris while Coats was still modeling. Pouches is also …
Sabrina Reflexology
Meet Sabrina Cox, a reflexologist and natural nails technician who has taken the ubiquitous manicure and pedicure treatment and raised it to a high art. Working at an Art Moderne building on Normal Street in Hillcrest—an understated, second-story space with nothing to distract from pure escape and indulgence—Cox blends the pampering …
Make-up Super Stars
You don’t have to drive three hours north to Los Angeles to get fabulous hair and make-up done. Whether its hair extensions, Brazilian smoothing, a flawless face or a phenomenal cut-and-color, San Diego is home to creative and talented stylist. Sheila Nellis is a cosmetic superstar, and Trish McEvoy’s right-hand woman. …
Cecelia’s
The best thing about shopping at Cecilia’s in Mission Hills is the confidence you’ll have knowing that the owner, Elizabeth Leffler, will hook you up. She’s the hip friend that helps you get dressed using clothes from her really cool closet. Leffler began in fashion as a stylist working for famed …