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September 7, 2012

Fashion Friday: Fashion Week

Here are my top 5 picks. Bold yellow leopard print by Carlos Miele. ———- Laidback, summery glamour by Carmen Marc Valvo. ———- Chic black dress by DKNY. Can I wear this to work? ———- Sleek white party dress by Reem…

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September 6, 2012

Skipping My 11th Anniversary

Did you miss Burning Man? Yes I missed it this year, but I did not “miss” it. Did you wish you had gone? No, I didn’t wish I had gone. It was always my plan to skip it this year….

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September 5, 2012

Drunk Dial

I didn’t get to play with my laptop this weekend because our wifi wasn’t working. Today, GoDaddy and the majority of its sites (including mine) were down, so I wasn’t able to log in from work. Comcast came tonight to…

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September 4, 2012

Desperately Wanted: Honduran Plant

My new MacBook Air arrived today! So slim, sleek, and tres chic. Finally, I’ll be able to work productively online. Not tonight since we’re doing Fashion Night Out events around the city, but surely this weekend. Here are two luscious…

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September 3, 2012

Money Monday: Kaiser: Thriving on Overcharging Patients

I F*ing hate Kaiser. If it weren’t for the quality care I get (most, but not all, of the time) from the doctors and nurses, I would switch my health care plan. Who is administratively running the place? The CEO…

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September 2, 2012

Donkey vs Elephant

I’m neither a donkey or an elephant. Am I a Libertarian, like the business school population? Or a democrat like my parents? Or formerly registered as such, am I a Republican? I don’t think my alliances give any clarification: campaigning…

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September 1, 2012

Just back from vacation, just in time to buy a brand new laptop. After eight years, my MacBook was on serious life support. By life support, I mean I’m constantly powering it off and on every couple hours because it…

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August 27, 2012

Animal Farm

The #1 reason I picked Roatan to vacation is for the plethora of wildlife. I’ve wanted to take Dean to the Galapagos, which rates high on my list of travel destinations, and also to erase the fact that I went…

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August 26, 2012

Roatan, Honduras

Weather here is magnificent. 80-90 degrees. 100% humidity which I don’t seem to mind. Fleeting rain and thunderstorms once or twice a day. Doesn’t bother me if it’s still warm and you can easily dry off. It was unbearably hot…

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August 25, 2012

How to Win Friends and Influence People: A Book on Downward Mobility

We are three days into our vacation and I’m very slowly beginning to relax. Stress is not something you can turn off and on like the flip of a switch. It must be an inherent American trait. I brought a…

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