Social and demographic trends analyzed by the Pew Center for Research determined the following: About 15% of all new marriages in the United States in 2010 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another, more than…
Archives for 2013
Choose Your Own Adventure: A Comparison of Lyft, Sidecar, and Uber
I’m so excited to share the news that I’m a contributing writer to Randi Zuckerberg’s Dot Complicated site. My first post is a comparison of Lyft, Sidecar, and Uber – a ride-sharing service. I had a great time doing the…
Rhinebeck, New York
Here are some pictures from spending last weekend at my friend’s farm house in upstate Rhinebeck, New York. The grass fed beef that he made for dinner is probably the best steak I have ever eaten in my entire life….
Money Monday: Getting a Return on Investment from Your Alma Mater
Think about when you graduated from college or graduate school, and you came out with a crackload of loans with interest rates up the wazoo. Didn’t you wish you had some wealthy relative who could write a check to take…
On Fertility: It Takes a Village
It only takes 2 to tango, but there are so many collaborative musicians and choreographers in this dance called life. If you follow me on Twitter, you may have caught that I have been live tweeting from NYC and upstate…
Help! I Don’t Know How to Swim
I don’t know how to swim. Whenever I tell people this, I’m often quizzed with “What do you mean you can’t swim?” Here’s how I like to think of it. If a boat capsized in the middle of the Atlantic…
San Francisco Real Estate Update
Remember this stunning Bernal Heights home that we submitted this offer letter for? It was listed for $975,000. We offered $1.1 million. It went for $1.275 million. That’s $300,000 over the asking price! Anyhow, we’ve extended our search to the greater…
Three Things to Do in Point Reyes
Yep, we love Point Reyes which is an hour north of San Francisco: good food, good hikes, good life. It seems like we spend more time in Point Reyes than in the city of San Francisco. Here are 3 things…
The Best iPhone App You Need to Download NOW
I’ve been on vacation, totally offline. Took Thursday and Friday off so today I was playing catch up at my all-day job—the one that pays the bills and affords me vacation time and bestows me with health care coverage. So…
Milestones in Three Years of Marriage
Three years ago, Dean and I were married at St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco in a small Catholic ceremony, then celebrated with all of our friends and family in Palm Springs a week later. We are heading to Palm…