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Money Monday: Do Not Retire in California

Hello everyone, I want to thank everyone again for your support. I am still working through every email and comment. Haven’t even gotten to the voicemails. I am still emotionally exhausted. I go to bed around 10pm if that’s any…

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Favorite Looks from Fashion Week

  All pictures from the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week website. Venexiana   —– Reem Acra   —– Calvin Klein —– Badgley Mischka

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NYC Oddities

These are just a few things I’ve observed that seem strange to me. Not strange to everyone, but to me—a Bay Area Californian. What is up with the handful of pet shops I’ve come across peddling puppies to the public?…

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Book Review: A Visit from the Goon Squad

I finished reading Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer-prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad which was a book club pick. This book is splendiferous. That’s my new word for 2012. Splendiferous which comes from the Latin splendor and ferre which means to…

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Clueless and On Vacation

I think it’s sad that most people zone out when I talk about the arts. In New York, when I said I was going to the ballet, everyone asked where. Ummm, the Lincoln Center where it always is. Cmon people!…

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Pouring Wet NYC: A Day of Art

After having lunch with a friend at Mary’s Fish Camp–yummy, but expensive lobster roll–I trudged in the rain to the galleries in Chelsea. Unlike SF where you can freely snap shots of the art, photography isn’t allowed in NYC museums…

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Sleeping in the Village

I arrived in NYC on Thursday night around midnight. Unfortunately for my host and a couple friends, I made them stay up and drink with me! We opened a bottle of wine at Marc’s apartment, ate chocolate, then went to the…

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Gay Pride – New Strides

I couldn’t let the weekend pass without sharing how happy I am that New York has approved same-sex marriage. It’s frustrating to live in the gay mecca and not have this right accessible to Californians. I will be elated once…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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