Sedgwick law firm hosted an absolutely elegant San Francisco Women’s Forum Tea this Thursday. The afternoon began with passed appetizers, bubbly, and San Francisco’s powerful women mingling and networking.  After we were all seated and began nibbling on tea sandwiches and scones Regina Leeds spoke about organizing our work lives. She offers a unique week by week, month by month system to streamlining your environment and increase your productivity.

It was a delightful afternoon that we really enjoyed! Thank you Segwicks!!

Karen from Sedgwicks and our Speaker Regina

Palace Hotel in San Francisco

Erika and Kristina with Kristin of Avery-Hess in Virginia

Inman Connect is one of the most highly regarded real estate technology events, bringing together the biggest names in the real estate and technology industries. It was a great opportunity for us to network with leading edge companies, share ideas and connect with people in the real estate industry.  From the keynote presentations by Porter Gale of Virgin America and David Pogue of The New York Times to the in-depth workshops focusing on Internet Marketing and the Paperless Agent we were able to gain a lot of knowledge and leverage the ever changing market.

Gala and Fashion Show at the City Club of San Francisco

Erika & Kristina with one of the Hosts

We were thrilled to attend this event to promote Dress for Success San Francisco! The night started off with tastings from San Francisco’s Top Women Chefs and Kettle One martinis! After mingling with other fabulous patrons and scoping out the silent auction goodies (still wish we had won that Bobbie Brown makeup bag) we headed upstairs for the main event.

We heard from many women involved in the Dress for Success San Francisco program and were touched to hear how much the program had affected their lives. Their stories were incredibly uplifting, and they presented themselves with such poise and confidence in themselves.

Erika has experienced first hand what the power of donating clothes to those less fortunate. Just a few months ago Erika gave all of her shirts away to a young lady who was absolutely thrilled and told her that she had changed her life- and that now she felt she had the power to go out and change the world!

This is an event that we will be sure to attend again! We met so many wonderful people, enjoyed a great fashion show and left knowing that we had helped out an amazing cause.

For more information on Dress for Success please visit: http://www.dressforsuccess.org/

Held on Thursday June 14th 2011, Erika Burke of the Estates Group at Vanguard Properties and her husband Fergal Burke were the esteemeed guests of Marin Healdands Center for the Arts Board member Cynthia Lohr and her husband Sam Lucente.

This well attended event included a silent and live auction of hand picked artworks in all mediums from the center’s resident and aspiring artists.

It was an exciting night with tremendous biding and a true show of support our Bay Area creative collectives.