PART OF THE FUN OF LIVING in San Francisco is the way one’s style sense tends to be influenced as much by geography as by the trends of New York, Europe, or Asia. The excitable expanses of land and sea, the perpetual shifts of dense fog and sparkling sunlight, and the cool mystique of being surrounded by Victorian architecture on the furthermost edge of the West leaves one free to develop a style that can be both practical and smart. One of my favorite poets, Charles Olson, wrote that “an American is a complex of occasions, themselves a geometry of spatial nature,” and nowhere is this truer than here in California. When I think of summer, I think of fresh flowers, cool breezes and al fresco dining, and a time to reawaken to the richness of life. The following are some of my top recommendations for summer.