San Francisco - February 03, 2010

Upstairs, Downstairs

Pin the Tail Boutique

In dreamland, you live below a rooftop oasis (with slippered waitstaff). In reality, your upstairs neighbor has a platform collection and a runway fantasy of her own.

If only every tenant could be like Cow Hollow’s Pin the Tail boutique.

Nestled in an upstairs nook next to (and owned by) Habit, the shop has banana-leaf wallpaper and low lighting that casts a soft glow over a curated selection of gifts, antiques, jewelry, and housewares.

Local Inna Jam spreads, Sarah Becker cheese plates, and Taxi CDC deconstructed cashmere wraps tempt. Sugartits’s heart-shaped, chocolate-covered marshmallows (coming soon) and Habit’s own scented candles (in cheeky names like Blow Me) may come in handy for V-Day.

You can even rent the boutique for private parties.

If you so shoes.

Pin the Tail, 3212 Fillmore Street, between Greenwich and Lombard Streets (415-931-6187 or pinthetailshop.com).