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Archives for December 2010

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Winter Wonderland Part II

1. Display in front of Cable Car Clothiers 2. Somewhere along Sansome 3. One of the big buildings on California 4. Lobby of the Omni Hotel 5. Wells Fargo History Museum 6. Somewhere along Montgomery

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Winter Wonderland

I promised pictures of my kick-ass commute to and from work. I’ve gathered these over the course of last week, but I still have so many other places I want to capture. SF is gorgeous at night! 1. 555 California…

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Lazy

You know how you develop a certain skill (which can be completely mindless like Excel formulas), then because of that, everyone turns to you to do their work for them. They couch it in terms like, “Oh but you’re the…

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Economics of Happiness

One of my goals before the end of the year is to read through the stack of magazines I have. I’m not talking about People or Us Weekly, but the academically-dense ones from Berkeley, Chicago, and even the magazines that…

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B-School in Da House

Every morning, I write in a journal one thing that I’m grateful for. This morning I wrote, “I love my business school friends!” Last night, friends of ours hosted a fabulous Sunday dinner for six of us who went to…

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Christmas Card Pet Peeves

First and foremost, I like getting mail period. It just makes my day whenever I get a letter with a stamp on it. So thanks to all the peeps who have taken or are taking the time to send something…

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Help on our Honeymoon

Speaking of stress, if anyone has any thoughts on our Italian honeymoon, please email me recommendations! Here’s what I’m thinking for an itinerary: 2 nights Florence 5 nights Tuscany 3 nights Amalfi Coast 3 nights Venice Anyone have thoughts on…

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End of the Year Stress

Holidays are supposed to be fun, yet I’m stressed. Trying to plan our very expensive (there’s no way around it) honeymoon to Italy. I’m sure there are ways around it, but there’s no way I’m staying at a hostel on…

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Oakland Airport Challenge

This cracks me up! For those of you from the Bay Area, you will get a kick out of it, too. What’s the fastest mode of transportation to get to the Oakland Airport from Berkeley? Four student reporters (Cal Bears)…

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The Art of Gifting

I grew up in a very practical household which is another way of saying few gifts were exchanged. As a result, I think of excessive gift giving as enormously wasteful. I watch kids open present after present, thinking, “Oh my…

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