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Blogs

 

    • 1010 Park Place – SLEEP APNEA CAN BE DEADLY FOR WOMEN OVER 50

 

    • Make Mine a Spritzer – LIGHTEN UP YOUR HOME FOR SUMMER … EASY IDEAS TO REFRESH YOUR DECOR

 

    • Cindy Hattersley Design – CHIC AND COMFORTABLE WIDE LEG PANTS FOR WOMEN OVER 50

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – BALLET FLATS ARE BACK, LUXURY CLOSET TALK, MAKING INA’S RAMEN-NOODLE SOUP + MORE ON TODAY’S WEEKEND MEANDERINGS

 

    • Cindy Hattersley Design – DO YOU LOVE WINTER WHITE THIS TIME OF YEAR?

 

    • Cindy Hattersley Design – DO YOU LOVE TO DECORATE, DRESS WELL, AND COOK

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – HOLIDAY HOME TOUR – IT’S CHRISTMAS IN THE LIBRARY

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – ORANGE CRANBERRY BREAD, TARGET FINDS & WYETH, A NEW CLASSIC

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – WEEKEND MEANDERINGS – HOLIDAY EDITION

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – A HOLIDAY DRESS + DECOR AND A FEW OTHER THINGS … TODAY ON WEEKEND MEANDERINGS

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – A DUCHESS, A CONTESSA, A CASTLE + MORE ON TODAY’S WEEKEND MEANDERINGS

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – CELEBRATING HOME, A DAY IN SONOMA, CAPRI INSPIRED SANDALS & MORE – IT’S WEEKEND MEANDERINGS

 

    • Northern California Style – WEEKEND MEANDERINGS – SIENNA MILLER’S ENGLISH COTTAGE, CARMEL DAY TRIPS AN EASY LADIES’ LUNCH & MORE

 

    • Diana Amato – MY GAL PALS: SUPPORT IN THE BRIGHTEST WAY

 

    • 1010 Park Place – BEAUTIFUL SUMMER CAFTANS

 

    • The State Of Gray – CAFTAN NATION

 

    • Cindy Hattersley – THE BEST BLUSH FOR MATURE SKIN

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – WEEKEND MEANDERINGS … TOP GUN, CANNES A SPRITZ + MORE

 

    • Northern California Style – WEEKEND MEANDERINGS PICNIC IDEAS, MEMORIAL DAY RECIPES, ENDING GUN VIOLENCE & MORE

 

    • Paola Vojnovic – HELLO, FROM ITALY

 

    • Pinecones & Acorns – CINDY HATTERSLEY, THE VINTAGE CONTESSA, FAULKNER BOOKS AND MEMORIAL DAY…WEEKEND MEANDERINGS

 

    • Nena’s Notes – I’M FEATURED TODAY ON THE CONTESSA’S BLOG!

 

    • Northern California Style – WEEKEND MEANDERINGS – TABLE THROWS, EARTH DAY, WOVEN MARKET TOTES, A FISH TACO RECIPE & MORE

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – WEEKEND MEANDERINGS – CAFTANS, SPRING GARDEN TOUR, A LAUNDRY TIP & SUMMER WEDDING GUEST DRESSES

 

    • Sarah London’s Style – Spring Summer Fashion: Curate Your Own Style

 

    • Nena’s Notes – Profile – The Vintage Contessa pt. 2

 

    • Nena’s Notes – Profile – The Vintage Contessa pt. 1

 

    • Cindy Hattersley – Do You Love Charlotte Moss’s Collected Layered Style

 

    • Saturday’s Meanderings – Cat Bowls, Pillows, Spritzers & More

 

    • Pinecones & Acorns – Saturday Meanderings, Fun Facts About Valentine’s Day & Flower Finds

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – Saturday Meanderings – Superbowl & Valentine’s Edition

 

    • Northern California Style – Valentine’s Ideas & Weekend Meanderings

 

    • Pinecones & Acorns – The Beauty of Regifting A Guest Post From The Vintage Contessa

 

    • Northern California Style – Reloving What You Own – Signature Style

 

    • Cindy Hattersley – 10 Fresh New Ways To Wear Brooches & Pins

 

    • Sincerely Loree – Giving Thanks

 

    • Classic * Casual – Home – Summer Faves, Aperol Spritz Cocktails, Pavlova, Cute Walking Shoes

 

    • Cindy Hattersley – Ageless Style – The Contessa

 

    • Cindy Hattersley – New Digs, Lauren Liess, Ware Porter

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – May Day Luncheon with Contessa and Friends

 

    • Sincerely, Loree – Lingering

 

    • California Northern Style – CALIFORNIANS AT HOME – STYLE MAVEN ELIZABETH KIRKPATRICK

 

    • The Preppy Empty Nester – My Favorite Things

 

    • Sincerely Loree – 2020 The Year That Never Was

 

    • Mantel & Table – Tablescape For Two – How To Make It Cozy For Christmas

 

    • Make Mine A Spritzer – 18 Holiday Gift Ideas…aka Snowberry Essentials

 

    • Lisa Thomson Live – Currently Reading, Watching, Doing

 

    • Northern California – Style Friday Fun Things

 

    • The Preppy Empty Nester – The Friday Files

 

    • Mel Barcelona – Beauty Is In The Bag

 

    • Sincerely Loree – A Few Of My Favorite Things

 

    • Sincerely Loree – After The Rain

 

    • Northern California Style – Checking In & Some Silver Linings

 

    • Dinner Party Guru – Velvet Lined Secrets

 

    • Diana Amato – Audacious

 

    • Sincerely Loree – Blogs By Women Over 40 That I Love

 

    • Northern California Style – A Girlfriend’s Lunch – The Bloggers Are Coming!

 

    • A Lovely Inconsequence – One Thing At A Time

 

    • 1010 Park Place – Three Women Over 50 & 8 Tips For Accessorizing

 

    • After Orange County – Sundays With Celia Vol. 85

 

    • Northern California Style – Lunch At Beautiful San Francisco Apartment

 

    • Sincerely Loree – April Faves

 

    • Preppy Empty Nester – Sunshine On A Cloudy

 

    • The Road To Parnassus – Happy Year Of The Pig

 

    • Brenda Kinsel – Upclose Two Arty Friends & Their Effortless Style

 

    • Sincerely Loree – Loch Ness, Inverness, and a Clootie Well

 

    • Home – ARGGGGGGHHHHHHH….

 

    • Blue Hare – Fall Fashion Trends – How Everyone Can Wear This Season’s Bold Yellow

 

    • Rough Luxe Lifestyle – The Best Lipstick and Lipcare For Mature Women

 

    • 1010 Park Place – Ode To A Caftan

 

    • No Fear Of Fashion – Meeting Karen in a Red and White Outfit

 

    • Sincerely Loree – Fifteen

 

    • 1010 Park Place – Lunch With The Contessa

 

    • Gardener’s Cottage – Thank You & The Vintage Contessa

 

    • Gardener’s Cottage – Falling Apart

 

    • Brenda Kinsel – How to choose the right earring for statement necklaces

 

    • Ask Suzanne Bell – Kimono Style Part 2: Five 40 Plus Style Bloggers, 12+ New Looks & Video Tutorial!

 

    • Ask Suzanne Bell – How Real Women Style A Kimono Part One With La Contessa

 

    • Ask Suzanne Bell – Run, Don’t Walk To The Anthropologie Sale

 

    • Northern California Style – Style Yourself – Make A Cool Piece Work Many Ways

 

    • Pine Cones & Acorns – Friday Favorites From The Stripe, Design Crush The Sway, The Vintage Contessa, Cindy Hattersley and more

 

    • A Typical 60 – Hats Entertainment!

 

    • Tamera Beardsley – Ageless Style Feature

 

    • Little Augury – How They Decorated In CA

 

    • 1010 Park Place – My Italian Food Fantasies

 

    • Apart From My Art – It’s Not About Age, It’s About Attitude

 

    • Atypical 60 – Under The Chics. A Refreshing Look On Finding Your Own Style

 

    • Brenda Kinsel – Sneakers Are The New Ballet Flats & You Need A Pair

 

    • Inside Out Style – Stylish Thoughts – The Vintage Contessa

 

    • 1010 Park Place – Packing for September In Italy

 

    • Classic Casual Home – Random Good Things

 

    • That’s Not My Age – How To Wear A Kaftan All Summer Long

 

    • Brenda Kinsel – 10 Fashion Tips For Every Woman Over 60 Pt. 2

 

    • Tara Dillard – Chicken Intuitive

 

    • Marsha Harris Scott – The Style Cocktail 2

 

    • Rough Luxe Lifestyle – Over 50 Fashion; One Tunic Two Ways

 

    • Gwen Moss – Selfies, Jewelry, & Feeling Ridiculous (Oh Yeah & This Is Me)

 

    • Atypical 60 – My Mind Is In A Blog – Not In A Fog!

 

    • Atypical 60 – Let’s Talk About Style. Finding Yours

 

    • The Preppy Empty Nester – Cooking With The Celebs

 

    • Carla Coulson – What Does 40,368 Photographic Hours Give You?

 

    • Marsha Harris Scott – So True

 

    • Rough Luxe Lifestyle – The Statement Piece – The Scallop Dress From Artful Home

 

    • Design Newport – Banksy El Narratore

 

    • The Preppy Empty Nester – Needlepointing My Way Through Hodgepodge

 

    • Design Newport – Banksy, El Magnifico

 

    • Hostess of the Humble – Labour Day Long Weekend

 

    • Preppy Empty Nester – Blue Cheese & Hodgepodge

 

    • A Typical 60 – My Precious & Lovely Gift

 

    • Lost in Arles – Casa Kirkpatrick – Interiors Chez La Contessa

 

    • Lost in Arles – Across The Lines

 

    • Stories & Scribbles – Le Vaumicel

 

    • Collage of Life – For Ellie and Teddy

 

    • Stories and Scribbles – A Chat with La Contessa

 

    • Lost In Arles – Do You Want To Adopt Teddy?

 

    • DaniBP Mop Philosophy – Ellie

 

    • Have Some Decorum – Ellie In Paris & A Few Vancouver Tidbits

 

    • The Gardner’s Cottage  – How To Stop Your Lipstick From Bleeding

 

    • Have Some Decorum – Merci Beaucoup Ya’ll

 

    • Northern California Style – Getaways- The Hip and Lovely, Andaz Napa

 

    • Northern California Style – Friday fun, french fluff, and some stuff

 

    • Northern California Style – Why I Love Trina Turk

 

    • Collage of Life – In the company of wonderful blogging women

 

    • Lost in Arles – Birthday Wishes for a Contessa

 

    • Lost in Arles – Sometimes Simple

 

    • Lost in Arles – Small Beautifuls

 

    • Lost in Arles – La Contessa Takes Paris

 

    • Lost in Arles – The Palais Royal

 

    • Une femme – The Power of the Internet

 

    • Privilege – A Rapture On Leaving The House And Meeting Some Humans

 

    • Daily Plate of Crazy – Makeup Makeover: Contessa Style!

 

    • Apart from My Art – The Joy of Blogging

 

 

 Press

 

    • ORINDA LIVING – March 2019

 

    • LAMORINDA WEEKLY: “La Contessa of the Hen House,” May 23, 2012

 

    • ROMANTIC PRAIRIE STYLE : Summer 2012

 

    • THE ROMANTIC PRAIRIE COOKBOOK: March 2012

 

    • WHERE WOMEN COOK: Spring 2012

 

    • ROMANTIC COUNTRY LIVING :Winter 2011

 

    • C MAGAZINE MAY ISSUE 2010

 

    • SPACES MAGAZINE BAY AREA:  “Shop Talk,” October 2009

 

    • BEST OF THE EAST BAY for ANTIQUE SHOP DIABLO MAGAZINE 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011

 

    • BEST OF LAMORINDA for ANTIQUE SHOP 2006

 

    • CONTRA COSTA TIMES: March 2005, November 2005

 

    • SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: “Street Date,” July 13, 2006

 

    • JUNIOR LEAGUE OF OAKLAND EAST-BAY: Fall 2006

 

    • SUNSET MAGAZINE: August 2007

 

    • DIABLO MAGAZINE: Fall 2006

 

    • Proprietress home featured for GARDEN and home TOUR EVENT.

 

    • Garden Style Bringing the Outdoors In by Mary Wynn Ryan

 

 

Sunset Books

 

    • Garden Style Decorating by Sunset
      Proprietress home featured on the cover.

 

    • Color for Your Home by Sunset

 

    • Cottage Style Decorating by Sunset

 

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