Discover Alameda Island
So, you need a quick little get-away and have decided that San Francisco and coastal California is the perfect destination. Let me entice you to save a Sunday t...
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Motivational Monday…Olympic edition
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The cred...
A Regatta and A Day of Wandering…SF
I was up in Oakland a few weeks ago for the Southwest Masters Regional Regatta for some races with the team I’m going with to Copenhagen in September. It...
The World is Your Oyster
Do a home exchange! The friends you’ll meet, the families you’ll connect with, the countries you’ll explore….priceless. I’ve don...
Motivational Monday…Independence!
You, alone, are already all the things you could ever hope to be: confident, happy, free-spirited, ambitious, determined, brave, strong, and INDEPENDENT! AND&#...
NY Adventures…Stay in Brooklyn!
After a great night’s sleep and a nice cold brew…coffee that is…I started my stroll up to the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges for my “Bro...
Book Club and Babies
My book club read a great book this past month titled The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. What started as an email exchange ...
The Sound of Silence
I love dance….watching it, dancing myself, choreography…everything about it! As I’ve mentioned before, one of my favorite shows is Dancing ...
An Homage to the Family Home
It enveloped us like a big hug, it gave us incredible memories….three fireplaces (now 4), large rooms, a built in bar, room for 5 kids to have their own ...
Happiness Advantage… Principle #1…Positive Mindset
Sorry for the delay in getting back to Shawn Achor’s book, The Happiness Advantage. Let’s get to it….Principle #1…Positive Mindset/ret...