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Tweets Back

Did y’all notice that my Twitter feed is back? See it on the right? It randomly disappeared months ago, but I haven’t had time to investigate—not that I have any expertise in fixing it. I do have a graphic designer…

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Day 4 Yosemite

You know what we did on the 4th day of our Yosemite trip? We sat by the pool and stuffed our faces throughout the day. I gorged on ice-cream which is abundant in Yosemite Valley. Several people asked if it…

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Day 3 Yosemite

In my mid-twenties, I came to Yosemite with a friend/coworker to hike Half Dome. This was during a time in my life when I used to go to Tahoe to ski for the day, then came right back home. While…

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Day 2 Yosemite

I was pretty upset before coming to Yosemite because the forecast called for rain and thunderstorms. Bah! It seems whenever we go on vacation, it always rains. It was clear when we arrived, but the following day, we woke up…

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Yosemite Vacation!

Taking 3 days off of work to vacation in Yosemite for 5 days. With work, I am always connected. So even though I was on vacation, I was still responding to email on Wednesday, including a couple back and forths…

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Happily Solo

I’m ecstatic that Dean’s away this weekend for a bachelor party. I wish he would go away more. We are around each other 24/7. Except for the 8 hours I’m away at work, we are always within yelling distance of…

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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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