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Archives for January 2012

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Keep the Old and Make New Friends

When Marc moved to NYC, I knew (more so than with other friends) that our relationship would be drastically altered. So many times I drove to and from his loft here in SF. All the times I stuck my head…

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Money Monday: HOAs

99% of San Franciscans can’t afford to buy a single family home unless you want to live in Bayview which may sound pretty, but most definitely is not. Instead we hoard our money to buy a little piece of the…

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Movie-holic

Since I’ve been too fatigued to do anything productive, we’ve spent a lot of time watching movies lately. Our goal is to watch all the flicks nominated for best picture. The problem is I don’t even want to watch Hugo…

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Feeling Blue with the Flu

I’m STILL sick. I must have the flu. I wake up every morning feeling like I got beat up the night before—even though I go to bed before 10pm and wake up at 7:30am. Can’t wait to kick this thing….

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Fashion Friday: Aging Beautifully

There’s so much to see with all the awards shows: Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, People’s Choice Awards. But I did a serious double-take when I saw this fine woman on the red carpet at the SAG Awards. Can I…

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Best Beach Blanket Babylon

Well happy joy joy, I remained sick for the rest of the week. I have no voice! I sound pretty bad. Did get to step out in the middle of the week with friends to see Beach Blanket Babylon. BBB…

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The One-Day Sickness

I came home from work last night feeling ill. As if I’d caught something while riding the bus home. I felt so terrible that I immediately collapsed into bed where I spent the next 11 hours tossing and turning, feverish,…

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Money Monday: Discounted Wine

Most people know about K&L wine. If you don’t, you’re missing out. If you do, consider this a reminder. K&L is a California wine merchant that carries superb wines at a discount. You knew that already? Well I went and…

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Championship Sunday

Well that was exciting. 3 point spreads, with one game going into overtime. Are they always that exciting? Can’t remember last year’s. All these games are a blur. Sucks that the Niners lost, but it was fun while it lasted….

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Got Religion?

This is a rant, mainly because I can’t stand hypocritical people. There are those of us who are religious and those of us who aren’t. And let’s face it, there really aren’t any ‘tweeners. You either believe or you don’t….

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