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Best Ever Day Trip to Half Moon Bay

We spent Thanksgiving locally here in the Bay Area. The following day I volunteered at my high school’s homecoming event. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was itching to get out of town. I spent Saturday night researching places…

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Thanksgiving Afternoon and Fresh Air

On Thanksgiving, we went for a hike (more like a jaunt) in the Marin Headlands near the Point Bonita Lighthouse before the evening celebration with family. San Francisco, you are so pretty!

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Thanksgiving 2012

I am thankful for: My health. Because even when I’m sick, I know it’s only temporary. A husband who is the best animal imitator. He cracks me up every day with the most random things that come out of his…

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Must Watch TV

Forget everything I’ve written about reality TV. You must watch this 60 Minutes segment I saw during Thanksgiving weekend after the Broncos vs Chargers game on Sunday. It’s heartbreaking, yet inspiring and hopeful. I want to find the brother and…

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Power to the Middle Class

With all the ballyhoo going on with the Occupy movement, I honed in on an article in the University of Chicago magazine about the significant improvement in the lifestyle of the middle class and how that trend has been improving…

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Money Monday: H&M

The problem with working downtown during the holidays is that you get the itch to shop. It’s not even Thanksgiving and already the lights are out, the ice rink is in, and the 99% are doing what they do best—spend…

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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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