It is 7am: I am an odd duck in San Francisco Over ten years ago I lived in California. Northern California, mind you. As you may very well know, northern versus Southern California are completely different. The vibe, the dress, the people are all different. I […]
It is international woman’s day today: Although that is every day for me Everyday is a cause for celebration. Yes, that sounds a bit new age. I am, however, referring to the fact that these days every day is an official observation of a movement, illness or food. […]
The rewards of a sunny hike and a winter storm Last weekend I enjoyed a glorious “hike” through the city streets of San Francisco. I went up and down as if it were a walking rollercoaster. The thrill of such an urban hike is that as you get […]
A quick rant on gentrification This morning I heard the local newscaster note that “housing prices are about where they should be and doesn’t expect them to go up much more.” I wanted to call them, rant and ask them if they truly believed that housing […]
Bye NewYork: Till we meet again This past week, when I was not busy packing and still answering a 100 emails, I took a walk from Grand Central (42nd ) all the way down to Chinatown. It could have been a Counting Crows song. I […]
Scale: There is always something bigger We are in the midst of a brutal winter and supposedly this afternoon will be the coldest temperature yet of this season. However, of course, it is winter. Shouldn’t we expect cold, frigid temperatures and buckets of snow? Seems people were perhaps […]
If you want to drive in New York, take some Xanax and say a little prayer: Also do these five things. I like to think of myself as the quintessential New Yorker. I wear black quite often, I have a dark sense of humor, I love to blog […]
No Need to go Crazy Meeting Unreasonable Demands: Be Free and Be Brave Crossing 42nd street is a battlefield of sorts in which people crossing wildly throw their bodies before oncoming traffic in order to beat the light. If you stop for a second to process that […]
A Storm is Coming: Thankfully It’s Winter The skies were bright and sunny yesterday but we all knew that sunny sky would soon disappear. We are all wildly preparing for the storm that is to come. Well, some of us. I, for one, am already prepared. Yes, […]
Thinking of Holden Caufield while in West Virginia For once in a really long while, I had the opportunity to not think about work. Work stayed clearly out of my consciousness other than the fact that I thought about how I wasn’t thinking about it. For this long […]
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