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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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Why Your Parenting Skills Suck

I’m always a bit bummed to hear when close friends are pregnant because I know that our friendship will forever be altered. Parents stop being who they are and devolve into secondary beings whose lives are ruled by these little…

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Birds of a Feather

I wouldn’t call it a nightly ritual, but often enough to call it a ritual: the act of browsing, selecting, and savoring See’s Candies. Unfortunately for me, there is a See’s across the street from the 2 Clement bus which…

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Money Monday: Retirement

I stopped contributing to my 401k earlier this year when I maxed it out, but I don’t plan on making a contribution to the plan ever. Not a cent. I don’t even know what the formula is for accessing that…

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Florence: Where Everyone Recommends, but I Do Not

If I had to plan another trip to Italy or if I had to do it all over again, I would have skipped Florence. How many of you completely disagree with me? I know, I am completely going against the…

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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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