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Why Your Parenting Skills Suck Part II

Thank you to everyone who chimed in on my previous blog post about monster-rearing. Check out the comments here. The commentary can be summed up in one sentence: Judge not, lest ye be judged. Agreed. I swear, I agree. But…

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Fashion Friday: Camper Shoes

I thought I had several pairs of comfortable ballet flats until I tried these Camper shoes on at a boutique in Austin. I would have purchased them on the spot if they weren’t bright blue. I still considered buying them…

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Midwestern Hiatus

If you haven’t been reading my tweets or status updates, or seen Keith fervently checking me in everywhere, then you don’t know my hiatus was due to a blissful 5-day vacation in Austin, Texas with a quick day trip to…

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Money Monday: Interviewing

This post is really only related to money in that I’ve been interviewing lately and your job is how you make money and support your family. Interviewing is like any other skill. If you don’t do it, you lose it….

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Why Your Parenting Skills Suck

I’m always a bit bummed to hear when close friends are pregnant because I know that our friendship will forever be altered. Parents stop being who they are and devolve into secondary beings whose lives are ruled by these little…

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

I’m embarrassed to say that I had never been to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to see a performance. So I booked us tickets to see Program 2 (Dance Downtown) of ODC/Dance’s 41st annual home season. YBCA is…

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Fashion Friday: Facials

I get a facial probably once a year. I think they’re a big rip-off, but my pores do get clogged and I need a professional to get in there and extract. When I was in Shanghai, I got the most…

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The Play Proof: Now Playing in SF

I’ve already tweeted this twice, but for those of you who don’t have Twitter, you must go see this play if you’re local. The playwright is David Auburn, a University of Chicago grad, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama…

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Happy Pi Day! Those numbers up there, yeah, I have that memorized. It’s been stuck in my head since sophomore Geometry 1991 with Mr. Aksioncyzk. Not sure if I spelled his name right. Mr. X & √. I love that…

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Pins and Needles

She’s a god of fertility, a miracle worker when it comes to treating barren women. I’ve gone to a handful of acupuncturists, but decided this time, to take it to the mother lode. Located in none other than the 26-story…

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