My friend Affinity chided me for looking outside of the Bay Area and away from family, when I can very well retire here at home. She was totally right. She wrote a guest blog post on retiring early here. It…
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Why Movie Club is Better Than Book Club
Unless you’re hosting the movie viewing, there’s zero preparation involved. All you have to do is show up with a bottle of wine. And even if you’re hosting, all you have to do is order take-out or delivery from one…
Dating Advice: Splitting the Bill and Self-Respect
“And then when the bill came, he said we should split!” Gasps followed in the nail salon as a woman relayed to her friends her date gone wrong. I had no right to speak, but I so wanted to tell that…
Blurbs for the Brain
RIP Robert Fogel, Nobel Prize winner and revered professor at my grad school alma mater University of Chicago. In his most recent book published last year, Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity, Fogel writes that the “abstention from caloric…
Purisima Creek Redwoods
Purisima Creek Redwoods, an hour south of San Francisco, is the Mt. Tam of the Peninsula. The parking lot is full, the open space preserve is busy, but as soon as you put in some mileage and hike toward the…
Sponsored Post: Flips Audio
I was contacted to provide an honest review of the Flips Audio headphones in return for the product. The unique feature of the Flips Audio is that the headphones can flip out, turning into built-in speakers. Ever since the headphones…
Money Monday: Retirement Milestones
You know how I’ve been yapping on and on about how I’m determined to retire when I’m 50? Looks like I have to tack on another 5 years. Take a look at this list of retirement milestones that I put…
10 Things of Thankful
I’ve been reading other bloggers post their 10 Things of Thankful which made me so happy to read. I am thankful for all the typical things you are thankful for: health, my husband, my family and friends, my job, and…
Blurbs for the Brain
Here are some interesting tidbits I’ve found journeying along the interweb. This is a math formula that will aid you in making decisions. When house hunting or apartment scouring, divide the total number of expected viewings by 2.71. In other…
Are You There God? It’s Me Catherine
Up until recently, my faith in God was unshakable. If you had asked me then why I was religious and why I believe, I always said the same thing: When I ask, God listens. So when the doctor told us…