Sometimes we need to slow down and refocus our line of vision on what really matters. It was 8 am on Sunday morning. My head hurt from last night’s whisky and my internal rollercoaster of competing thoughts. Career. Relationship. Life. What did it all mean? And why am I always hungover? Ugh. I dialed up [...]
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Why I Love San Francisco…Food, Sea, and Dreams
I moved to San Francisco seven years ago on July 4th after a decadent fling with her on a visit only two months prior. Before I met San Francisco, I had intended to relocate to Latin America. I spoke its language, nightlife, and romance. As an adventurous 20something, the United States bored me. However, my [...]
Interview with a Beauty Queen-Marilyn Jaeger
Success for many women isn’t a set formula, but rather an artistic creation that evolves from passion. Marilyn Jaeger’s passion for beauty transformed not only her own life, but also the lives of others around her. Marilyn is a renowned community supporter, spa owner and esthetician that had been written up by Bazaar, Lucky, Allure, and San Francisco [...]
What Makes Us Happy?
Someone from a far off land wrote me and asked me what made me happy. This seems like an easy enough question to answer, but I quickly realized that many things one may think are states of happiness are really something else entirely. Ego, flattery, even one too many vodka tonics confuse our minds. Is [...]
5 Home Remedies for Happiness
San Francisco is a bipolar city; its unpredictable fog transforms its inhabitants from melancholy to ecstasy in a matter of minutes. When the dense blanket wraps itself around the hills, it drenches the population in a wet cold, making their bones shudder. The non-stop drizzle depresses and people slink around inside, lamenting their lives, cursing [...]