“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth…
Love in the Time of Corona
Well, we are one quarter in, and 2020 has turned out to be quite the year so far. Not what anyone had anticipated. Or as someone posted: this wasn’t on my vision board! At the start of the year, I…
How to Change the World in 2020
Reflecting on the last decade, I got married, had two miscarriages, birthed and raised a healthy baby, moved from San Francisco to my hometown, traveled internationally to China, Italy, Honduras, England, France and Mexico, bought a duplex in San Francisco,…
Ode to Chuck McIlvain
My friend Chuck McIlvain was one of the 34 victims from the boat Conception, which was transporting scuba divers and caught on fire on Memorial Day off the coast of Santa Barbara near the Channel Islands. This is the deadliest…
Happy 44 Years
Hooray, I turned 44 years old this week. Is it just me, or does that number look ridiculously high? Today, I chopped off my hair. So liberating. And I got bangs. I wanted to change it up, and the stylist…
Reconnect: University of Chicago Booth School of Business 15-Year Reunion
I moved away from the San Francisco Bay Area for the first and only time when I was 27. It was a year after 9/11. I got my first cell phone and to this day, I have retained my Chicago…
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
The musical Hamilton concludes with the song “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story.” It’s about Hamilton’s wife and how she lived 50 years longer than her husband, how she carried out his legacy, but also about how she…
Birthday Gift: Charitable Giving
Today is my birthday! I feel so blessed and my heart is so full after spending this past weekend with family and loved ones. For Father’s Day, we celebrated with brunch at Hs Lordships, a waterfront Berkeley restaurant that’s closing…
Throwback Thursday
April 22, 2018: This post and these photos put the biggest smile on my face. I am beyond blessed to call these shiny, happy people my friends. Let me break down the diversity! 3 Males, 4 Females 1 Black, 1…
Happy Single Awareness Day
Six years ago, Dean and I met on Friday February 13 at Amelie wine bar in San Francisco, then went out to dinner for Valentine’s the following day, and were engaged within months. We’ve now been married for almost 5…