Michael took me to visit a huge store yesterday called Ikea. This was a first for me. Usually huge stores, that aren’t Tiffany’s, intimidate me. This is a huge, cavern of a place that smells like cinnamon sticky buns as soon as you walk in the door. Of course, this makes everyone leaving  buy a giant 6 pack of the puffy treats. Mike bought a new bed for his beautiful new house. I bought sticky buns and Swedish coffee. Michael was kind enough to stop at a little antiques shop in the area and I was rewarded with a fantastic Tiffany silver bamboo necklace. I just love this bamboo collection. I wear my Tiffany bamboo hair clips almost everyday. Nice of Mike to indulge me with an antiques store. When Marc and Mike were little guys we would go to Monterey and Carmel, at least once a week. Not only are the beaches gorgeous, but there are fun restaurants and shops. The boys have excellent taste and it was always fun to find the hidden treasures. They would look at vintage toys, especially old Superman stuff, cars and space ships…Even 20 years ago, the vintage jewelry held more appeal to me. I look at a lovely old piece of jewelry and can imagine wheres its been….Living close to San Francisco, there are many of these wonderful old shops and exotic pieces from the great old California estates.
Treasure hunting for everyone means something different. For me, its finding a rare piece of Tiffany jewelry.