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Surefire Way to Save on Hotel or Rental Accommodations

This strategy isn’t for the faint of heart. This is for all you OCD types who are willing to take risks and take great pride in stretching your hard-earned dollars. I have been itching to go on vacation ever since…

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LA: Huntington Gardens

We’re in LA for the long-long weekend. Took Friday off as well. I sucked it up and over-paid for last-minute flights since we haven’t gone on a proper vacation in forever. First stop: Huntington Gardens

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Bye ’11, Hi ’12

A few favorite memories from 2011: Having my parents over for brunch and playing Scrabble Celebrating the Feast of St. Catherine in Siena, Italy Watching the sunset from our balcony in Positano My birthday in wine country Picnicking by Lake…

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Queen Mary

Before heading back home from LA, we took a tour of the titanic-like Queen Mary in Long Beach. Beautiful weather. Great way to spend the afternoon. And perfect scenery to take pictures.

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Lazy Sunday in LA

Back to our trip to LA. All the pictures have finally been downloaded and compiled! You can take a look at my Facebook profile and find the LA photo album for a complete set of pictures. On Sunday, we rented…

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Yearbook Nostalgia

My camera went dysfunctional on me during our LA trip. The pictures from the BBQ turned out horrible so I’ll have to post pictures from Dean’s camera later on. I’ve spent the last few days reading camera reviews and wringing…

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Saturday in LA

Here’s a good picture of where we stayed for two nights in West Hollywood. Just like home! Took in some art at the Hammer Museum. There was an Ed Ruscha exhibit featuring Jake Kerouac’s On the Road, but I could…

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Fashion Friday: Hollywood

You know what I like about LA? People dress like the weather–bright and colorful. There was this Japanese girl on our flight wearing white socks with black pumps, short navy shorts, and big glasses without lenses in them! We were…

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LA: Night 1

Seamless 75 minute JetBlue flight from SFO to LGB. I love the Long Beach airport. We’re driving out of the parking lot in 30 minutes and that includes the whole rental car process. We love Enterprise Rental Car! Headed to…

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Do You Know the Way to L.A.?

Yes, I know the song is Do You Know the Way to San Jose. Just trying to be comical! Vacation starts in a few minutes. Going to LA and taking Monday off. Yahoo. Even after all these trips, I’m still…

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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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