I’m back after a very warm Christmas vacation in Scottsdale. I’ve spent the majority of the holidays volleying back and forth between my parents’ house and other relatives’ homes that they all start to blend together. I can’t tell one…
Bigger Paycheck
Hooray for the lame duck Congress passing the tax bill…which means more money in our pockets. Let’s go spend it! Just kidding. Don’t be dumb. Here’s a tax cut calculator that will tell you how much more money you get…
Winter Wonderland Part III
Last set of pictures – my favorite. 1. Sir Francis Drake Hotel 2. My favorite Christmas tree–pretty and billowy–at a salon on Sutter 3. Fairmont Hotel 4. Candyland House at the Fairmont 5. Grace Cathedral from the Nob Hill Park…
Cuckoo for Cocoa
I’m a hot chocolate fiend. During the dot-com days, I started my day with a grande hot chocolate and a chocolate croissant from Starbucks. Yeah, not so much anymore. But as a treat for the holidays, I went and got…
Winter Wonderland Part II
1. Display in front of Cable Car Clothiers 2. Somewhere along Sansome 3. One of the big buildings on California 4. Lobby of the Omni Hotel 5. Wells Fargo History Museum 6. Somewhere along Montgomery
Winter Wonderland
I promised pictures of my kick-ass commute to and from work. I’ve gathered these over the course of last week, but I still have so many other places I want to capture. SF is gorgeous at night! 1. 555 California…
Lazy
You know how you develop a certain skill (which can be completely mindless like Excel formulas), then because of that, everyone turns to you to do their work for them. They couch it in terms like, “Oh but you’re the…
Economics of Happiness
One of my goals before the end of the year is to read through the stack of magazines I have. I’m not talking about People or Us Weekly, but the academically-dense ones from Berkeley, Chicago, and even the magazines that…
B-School in Da House
Every morning, I write in a journal one thing that I’m grateful for. This morning I wrote, “I love my business school friends!” Last night, friends of ours hosted a fabulous Sunday dinner for six of us who went to…
Christmas Card Pet Peeves
First and foremost, I like getting mail period. It just makes my day whenever I get a letter with a stamp on it. So thanks to all the peeps who have taken or are taking the time to send something…