Last night, “Michael,” “Alison,” and I went to Extraordinary Desserts in downtown San Diego. Apparently the word of the night was “tacky,” because right after I saw the guy in the sleeveless polo shirt*, I saw this sign on the shelves of take-away gifts: Please be careful, much of our merchandise is fragile. Clients will [...]
I lifted weights yesterday for the first time in about five years. When I woke up this morning, I discovered that the phrase “get ripped” is a literal one. Nevertheless, I’m committed to making use of the free two-year gym membership that comes with my MBA. So today, I went in search of a couple [...]
Ed: Long-time readers of this blog know that some days, I publish things written by other people, utilizing a little something I call the “Tom Sawyer Method Of Blogging” wherein you tell people that blogging is really fun over and over until they believe you. Today’s blog post is written by Sarah. I like it [...]
Moving cities is a full-time job. I woke up eight days ago at 6:00 in the morning, showered in Palo Alto for the last time, and hit the road. Since I arrived in San Diego, I’ve been a whirlwind of activity. I’ve made three trips to IKEA, and put together all the associated purchases. I [...]
For the past week or so, I’ve been working on the 100 things challenge. I realized pretty quickly that 100 is not a lot of things, and would probably be unattainable for me in the short-term. But I still wanted to make some progress, so I set a goal of getting to 100 clothes. This [...]