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October 7, 2009

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October 6, 2009

On the Bandwagon

This post honors my college wifie who found her wedding dress for a fantastic price at Forget Me Knots Bridal on Union Street in San Francisco. She told me how much she paid and I was completely floored. Hooray for…

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October 6, 2009

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October 5, 2009

Give, It’s for the Children

I don’t remember the source of this story. All I remember is my mom reading it to me when I was a kid. Magazine subscriptions came and went, but my parents were devotees of Readers Digest. So it might have…

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October 5, 2009

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October 4, 2009

Changed My Life

Books: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for its flawed, true-to-life characters, The Waves by Virginia Woolf for its beautiful imagery, The Secret by Rhonda Byrnes–my favorite self-help book Magazine: Vanity Fair–because all other periodicals are shit Game: Scrabble–best…

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October 4, 2009

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October 3, 2009

Done with Detox

I’m officially drinking again. Four weeks with one mid-program relapse because my gay best friend “forced” me. I cheated a little and didn’t do a full month because a friend came in from out of town. We embarked on an…

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October 2, 2009

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October 2, 2009

I Heart Diamond

This post is a tribute to Val Diamond who has quit one of my favorite, unique only to San Francisco things to do–Beach Blanket Babylon. BBB is a hilarious musical that centers on Snow White trying to find her Prince…

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