Pray every day and go to church on Sundays. Read, read, read. Spend time in libraries and book stores. Don’t waste your time on things you’re not passionate about. If you don’t want to take piano lessons, don’t do it. …
Tweezing
There are some products in this world that I cannot live without…like microwaves, frozen food, Shu Uemura eyelash curlers, and Tweezerman tweezers. Tweezerman has this free sharpening service that I’ve never taken advantage of. I’ve simply accumulated several tweezers over…
You Mean So Much to Me
My boss asked me today if I was going on a honeymoon right after I got married. Ummm, no. We’re paying for our wedding on our own (unlike your son). We’re paying for our honeymoon on our own (unlike your…
SF Tourists
My favorite ride at Disneyland is Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. Well, today, Dean and I did Mr. Toad’s Tour of San Francisco. It’s a 90 minute tour of North Beach, Jackson Square, Chinatown, Pacific Heights, Nob Hill, and Fisherman’s Wharf….
Clippings
One of the things I inherited from my dad was his penchant for clipping out articles from magazines and newspapers. He always had stacks of clippings on top of his desk, on top of books, scattered throughout his bookshelf. Sometimes…
What Really Happened to the Class of ’93
There’s a book titled ‘What Really Happened to the Class of ‘93’ which is interesting for two reasons. 1) I graduated from high school in 1993. And 2) the author works out of the Grotto which is the collective workspace…
Reality Show Train Wreck
Who would’ve thunk the abomination that Jon & Kate + 8 has become. An otherwise normal suburban couple who happened to have twins and sextuplets. Now they’re divorced and embroiled in a custody battle. The dad is an unemployed lost…
Artisan
This is why I love social media. I’ve been clipping pictures of my dream wedding band. I decided I wanted something that was rose gold with diamonds. I looked at jewelers in San Francisco, New York. They had some things…
Real World Education
When I think of real world education, I think of religion class in high school when we were given our “lot” in life. I was a single girl living in the Bay Area. Our assignment was to figure out what…
Weekend Getaway: Sedona
I’ll start with the bad news first. The bad news actually came at the very end of the weekend, when we were stuck at the Phoenix airport for four-and-a-half fucking hours. Before I complain, I want to point out two…