The San Diego store is serene, inviting space with bright pops of color. ANNE brings her special design skills to artfully display the wares, a talent she also uses in her favorite hobby, gardening. A native of Sweden, ANNE enjoys meeting the diverse clientele the store attracts. “Often people share their personal travel-related stories with me,” she says. Her favorite Wandering Sage accessories include embroidered belts, the famous 7-way scarf, and jewelry produced locally by Green Tree.

New to San Diego Store, NEOTA …. Wandering Sage a natural fit. She enjoys talking to visitors about their worldwide travels and their enjoyment of artful design. “My hobbies are painting and traveling and I learn a lot about both at Wandering Sage” She is especially enthusiastic about the one-of-a-kind timepieces by Watchcraft and the butterfly wing jewelry.“ It`s a perfect blend of brilliant colors and subtle silver”

SAND manages the 2 Wandering Sage stores in Julian, California. She`s proud of the stores high standards for its Fair Trade and ecologically-conscious clothing and accessories. A former pre-school teacher, SAND has lived in Julian for 17 years and enjoys gardening and hiking in her spare time. One of her store favorites is the line of baby alpaca sweaters, scarves, capes and shawls. “Alpaca is the `new` cashmere”, SAND says. Everyone seems to agree. The best- dressed visitors to Julian during autumn Apple Days will be wearing alpaca.

ADELINE recently joined the Julian staff, and she`s new to Julian, too. With her grown children on their own, she chose this quiet mountain town to be her new home. She loves meeting people at Wandering Sage. “We have a lot of European tourists who take pictures of our unique stores,” she says. ADELINE especially enjoys the Native American music instruments sold at the store, and sometimes she witnesses an impromptu jam session. “I see that the music is good for the people.” In her leisure time, ADELINA enjoys reading, writing, walking and yoga.