I’m still in the middle of hell week. In-between periods of stress, I cope by eating. Very salty and very sweet. Chocolate milk for breakfast, peanut butter cups, yogurt (only because it’s so cheap at grocery stores). Then bags of…
Archives for 2012
Counting the Days until Friday January 20th
I have nothing to write about because I’ve been in a bad mood. I worked last weekend, I’ll work again this weekend, and I’m working Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. What fun eh? I’ve come to realize how much I…
Fashion Friday: Going Offline
I’ve waxed on and on about how I’m an online shopping fiend. But over the holidays I started to get a little nostalgic strolling around Union Square passing by Williams Sonoma, Nike, Neiman Marcus. I thought, goodness, what would I…
What do you want to be when you grow up?
I was listening to Steve Jobs’s Stanfurd commencement address on my way home from work yesterday. It made me glum because he talked about doing what you love. If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in…
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…
Birds of a Feather
I wouldn’t call it a nightly ritual, but often enough to call it a ritual: the act of browsing, selecting, and savoring See’s Candies. Unfortunately for me, there is a See’s across the street from the 2 Clement bus which…
Money Monday: Glasses
My blogging schedule including Money Mondays and Fashion Fridays has been rather undisciplined because…I was taking a mental vacation! Gimme a break. Anyhow I’m back on track. Sidenote: I’m watching the results from the Iowa Caucuses come in and I…
2012 New Year’s Day
Without even planning for it, I spent New Year’s Day the way I would want to spend if it were my last day on earth. We went hiking at Mission Peak Regional Reserve in Fremont. If you’re looking for a…