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January 29, 2013

Money Monday: Cash Out Refinance

I’m having a major freak out because I’m in the early stages of getting my place ready to sell. The tenants have been given notice. I sold one of my beautiful velvet couches last weekend. Stagers and painters will be…

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January 28, 2013

Blunder Woman!

Many moons ago, on the Burning Man playa, a friend of mine came into camp and gave me a Wonder Woman doll that he found laying in the dust. Whenever I look at the doll, I feel inspired. I think,…

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January 27, 2013

On Raising Children without God

In one of the highest viewed posts to CNN’s iReport site, a contributor recently posted her views on religion in an article titled ‘Why I Raise My Children without God.’ While I am a regular church-going, daily-praying Catholic, I staunchly…

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January 26, 2013

Fashion Friday: Wrinkles!

We had a cousin reunion last weekend and snapped these very fashionable photos. Look at how old I look compared to my cousins. See those lines between my eyebrows and on my cheeks? Damn, I am old.   The pretty…

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January 25, 2013

San Francisco Home Tour

Here’s a glimpse at what’s on the market in SF. Yeah, it’s pretty insane what people pay to live in the city. I can only imagine what it would be like if we moved anywhere else in the U.S. with…

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January 24, 2013

Drakes Bay Oyster Company

Our last stop during our Point Reyes escapade was Drakes Bay Oyster Company, where we popped in for a dozen of the biggest oysters I’ve ever slurped down. Ironically, we ordered small oysters and they ended up being huge. We…

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January 24, 2013

Nutrition 101

Finally, I have 1 nice thing to say about Kaiser. Well actually I have 2. First, they treat their employees really well: pension, generous 401k match, excellent vacation time, you name it. It’s great to work for Kaiser, but sucks…

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January 23, 2013

Eating for 1, Dreaming of 2

I am that person who scoffs at lactose intolerance. They say Asians tend to be lactose-intolerant. I say the phobia is in your head. On the California ballet, I vigorously nixed Proposition 37’s Right to Know initiative which would have…

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January 22, 2013

San Francisco Service Recommendations

Since I spent part of my holiday getting primped, I thought I’d do a post on all my favorite services.   Hair I’ve been on the hunt for someone skilled in cutting Asian hair because mine’s so thin and limp….

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January 22, 2013

Money Monday: Slashing Paychecks

Did anyone realize that a big chunk of change has been taken out of your 2013 paychecks? I noticed it immediately and asked several of my peers, but none of them seemed to notice a change. Hello? I’m talking about…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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