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October 7, 2012

Back in the Saddle

To make up for working like a mad woman for the past week, waking up before dawn, guzzling Diet Coke like it was going out of business, and eating hoards of highly-caloric goodies, I forced myself to stay awake until…

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October 6, 2012

Midnight Express and Sandusky

We instituted movie nights with a couple friends to host a meal and pick a movie to watch. For our inaugural movie night last weekend, we watched Midnight Express which I’ve seen before, but a long time ago. I felt…

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October 5, 2012

Fashion Friday: Gloves

We really have been experiencing summer because it’s just not that cold these days. But when it does get frigid (and it will any day now), you must be prepared. I heard that your body feels warm if your head…

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October 4, 2012

Presidential Debate: Romney 1, Obama 0

Been super busy with work and haven’t had any time for extracurricular online activities like blogging, tweeting, or scouring my Facebook feed. But I did have a chance to watch the presidential debate. Wow. I was surprisingly impressed by Romney…

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October 3, 2012

This Has To Be the Best Weekend in San Francisco

Here’s what’s going on this weekend. Am I missing anything? I put them in order of importance 🙂 A’s playoffs Giants playoffs Litquake Burning Man Decompression Fleet week Cal Homecoming, Cal vs UCLA Raiders Niners America’s Cup Hardly Strictly Bluegrass…

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October 2, 2012

Joke of the Day

In celebration of British intelligence, since we are heading to England soon, I had to share this very funny and true snippet. This is the transcript of the actual radio conversation between the British and the Irish off the coast…

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October 1, 2012

Money Monday: Hotels

We are off to England for Christmas and New Year’s. Very very exciting! Dean’s family is in Liverpool so we will spend 5 days with family for the holidays including Boxing Day which I have never celebrated before. Then we’ll…

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September 30, 2012

Home: This Was The One

I wanted this home in Bernal Heights. Open house was on a Tuesday in the afternoon. I asked if I could see it over the weekend; the agent said offers were due the next day and the owner would most…

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September 29, 2012

Dolores Park Studio for $3,900

Marky’s been in town and we’ve been out every night. I am so looking forward to being at home and watching the debate tonight. Here is an interesting NYTimes retrospective on the presidential debates ow.ly/e8drF. We’ve dined at Wayfare Tavern,…

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September 28, 2012

Fashion Friday: Birkin

Holy shit, my favorite aunt just called right now and told me she’s giving me her Birkin bag. “Because you’re the best.” OMIGOD! Going to pick it up this weekend. All I know is that it’s green, so here’s a…

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