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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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2011 Litquake: All Shapes and Sizes, or the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I had the opportunity to attend 3 Litquake events during the festival this year. I’ve been attending the festival for years and it has gotten so big that some of the events either sold out or they were turning eager…

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Close to Perfect: 98%

Remember those standardized tests we took in grammar school? The SRA tests? I think that was the name of the pencil-filling bubbles we had to complete. God knows what we were tested on—math, reading comprehension. I can’t recall. But I…

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No Regrets for Regreturature

Regreturature: an evening of readings that probably shouldn’t see the light of day Went to a literary event last night at the Swedish American Hall sponsored by the SF Grotto with proceeds benefiting the Litquake festival. 14 successful, accomplished writers…

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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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