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I Want Him Dead…Or Not

We have a resident homeless man who lives on and around the corner of Sutter and Taylor. He’s white, middle-aged, and covered in heavy black garb. His face is crusty pink from overexposure to the sun. Not sure how that’s…

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Money Monday: Subway

For the past gazillion years, I’ve been extolling the virtues of the packaged Lean Cuisine trays: convenient, tasty, cheap. My term Lean Cuisine was really a catch-all for the microwaveable meals I subsisted on since grad school. I loaded up…

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Overheard at the Diner–Crazy Single San Francisco Women

We had brunch this morning at our favorite neighborhood diner, Han’s Coffee Shop on Sutter. We’re so lucky to live so close. It’s bare bones, family-operated, always bustling with people on the weekends. Corned beef hash, eggs, hash browns, and…

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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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