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Joyful or Simply Drunk? A New Year’s Eve Post-Mortem
Two parties, one resort off Highway 1, and the question of whether any of us were actually happy.
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The Little Joys of Life: Looking Back on an Unpredictable Decade
A career I thought had ended, a life I could not have predicted, and the small things that carried me through.
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Where Is Louis Vuitton Cheapest? The Answer Is London Heathrow
If you live outside the EU, LHR is the cheapest place to buy an LV bag. Here is the maths behind the detour.
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The Art of Doing Nothing: In Defence of a Lazy Weekend
Why staying indoors, wandering room to room and achieving nothing is a perfectly respectable weekend.
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Adjusted for Inflation: Fighting With Your Spouse About Money
One expensive holiday booking, one furious husband, and what money arguments in a marriage are really about.
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Sirens and Then: The Sound of Living in San Francisco
Fire engines heard through noise-cancelling windows, and what that sound comes to mean when you live alone.
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I’m Not Alone: Speaking to a Room With Nobody in It for You
A speaking event with no friends or family in the audience, and the unexpected way the day turned around.
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Two Meals Out for $15 in Downtown San Francisco
How to eat out twice in one of the most expensive cities in America without spending a small fortune.
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Holidays and More of Me: A Long-Distance Marriage at Christmas
Nine years married, fourteen together, most of it in different countries. On planning the holidays around that.
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Lights, Camera, and That Silence: A Balcony View of San Francisco
Staring at city lights that shine for no one in particular, and what they reveal depending on the day you’ve had.
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