The Adesso Atelier is located off the beaten path, being two blocks from Santa Barbara’s main drag State St. While we may miss out on some of the city hustle and the usual tourist city walkers.  We do attract the nomads, artists, collectors and the seekers of something just a little different, unusual and […]

    I am on a Spring Cleaning kick that I am trying to extend to all facets of my life.  It is not happening overnight but Spring is here until Summer Solstice on June 21st!  This week, amongst other projects, I decided that I was ready to do something different with my look.  I […]

A few weekends ago, my daughter and I bought some delicious carrots at our farmer’s market.  It ended up being a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon so we used some of them to make our own little twist on Mark Bittman’s Carrot Bread recipe in How to Cook Everything.  Here is our variation below.  It […]

  I am back from a very fun and HOT (over 100+ degrees every day) weekend at the Coachella Music Festival. I went to volunteer at the Full of Life Flatbread booth, promote Adesso and Happy Hemp and, of course, to hear some great music.  All of those objectives were happily achieved! The Coachella Music Festival is two […]

I have had the great fortune to welcome Tara Miko Grayless, founder of Happy Hemp and Director of Sales for Adesso, into my life in the last year. Tara Miko is an amazing business woman, has a great spirit and loves to make people laugh! In 2010, she founded Happy Hemp after 10 years in […]