22nd & Jackson

Q&A with Sue Fisher King

Favorite holiday tradition

Making baked apples 

Favorite holiday splurge to give, eat. drink, etc.

Black Caviar

Favorite childhood Christmas memory

Setting the hearth broom on fire

Favorite holiday/Christmas song

 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

Favorite SFK find in the last five years

Venetia Studium silk pleated Fortuny scarves

Favorite city decor this time of year

Xmas tree in Union Square

Favorite San Francisco hidden gem

Alta St. on Telegraph Hill

We, along with most, are obsessed with Astier. How did you meet them?

At their very first showing at the Maison et Objet show in Paris in the 1990's

Lipstick or chapstick

Lipstick, creamy

Early to bed or Night Owl

Early to bed

Guilty pleasure

Ice Cream

Favorite TV binge

Stephen Colbert

Go to cocktail

Shrub

Dream dinner date

Brian Williams

Hardest part of starting your own business

Getting the $$$ together to make it happen

Best part of starting your own business

Receiving so many compliments and the wonderful support from friends/customers

Who is your current design inspiration/muse

Martina Mondadori

If you could go back in time what decade would you live in and why

The 80's with all its exuberance and extravagance

Jeep or sports car

Sports Car

Chore you loathe / Pet peeve

Changing sheets / People who take up two parking places

Secretly obsessed with ….

English gardens

A piece of jewelry you treasure

A jade necklace that belonged to my Mother

Favorite elementary teacher / class

Mrs. Abendroth / third Grade

Last book you read

TOP DOGS

Favorite SF takeout

Out the Door (when it existed)

Most important thing your mother taught you

Tell the truth

One thing that makes an excellent dinner party

Plenty of delicious things to eat and drink

A perfect winter day in SF includes….

A walk at Crissy Field with my Norfolk Terrier

Favorite SF restaurant

Garibaldi's on Presidio

If you didn’t own your iconic store what profession would you be in.

Politics