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    My Pumpkin Spice Latte Syndrome

    My Pumpkin Spice Latte Syndrome

    My friend David recently told me, “My pumpkin spice latte syndrome is back.” He was referring to the fact that every year, just about the time his coffee shop starts…

    Real Life=Bestsellers

    Real Life=Bestsellers

    By Michele Karlsberg Michelle Karlsberg: In your books, are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life? Michael Gerhard Martin: In a sense, everything I write…

    Tip Top Tabletop

    Tip Top Tabletop

    By Courtney Lake Early in my design career, I was hired to design a client’s living room. The centerpiece of the space was an expansive vintage coffee table, on which…

    Your Deepest Fear Is that You Are Powerful Beyond Measure

    Your Deepest Fear Is that You Are Powerful Beyond Measure

    By Gypsy Love That little indentation between your nose and upper lip is called your philtrum. Scientists have yet to identify its purpose, but the ancient Greeks considered it to be one of the body’s…

    10 Years of the New de Young

    10 Years of the New de Young

    On October 15, 2005, amid celebrations, speeches and ceremonies, the people of San Francisco welcomed a new museum building unlike anything they had ever seen be­fore. A decade later, this…

    SF Bay Times Photographer Rink Featured in New York Exhibit

    SF Bay Times Photographer Rink Featured in New York Exhibit

    Three images taken by legend­ary San Francisco Bay Times pho­tographer Rink are featured in the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art exhibit, On the Domestic Front: Scenes of Every­day…

    Chaos, the Precursor to Change, Is Ruling Over Many Relationships Now

    Chaos, the Precursor to Change, Is Ruling Over Many Relationships Now

    Astrology By Linda Amburgey We cannot fully trust another if we are unable to maintain our autono­mous self as relationships call us into negotiations. If you truly wish to be…

    An Ideal Wedding Rehearsal

    An Ideal Wedding Rehearsal

      I was part of an ideal rehearsal the other week. I met the couple at their wedding venue, the Bernard Maybeck-designed Forest Hill Club House. We discussed logistics, chatted…

    Surviving Unrequited Love

    Surviving Unrequited Love

    By Tom Moon, MFT Q: I regularly see a man in a gay so­cial organization to which we both belong, and he pushes all my buttons. He is friendly to…

    Destination Weddings

    Destination Weddings

    The first I ever heard of destination weddings was when my daughter got married 11 years ago. She and her husband got married in Cabo San Lucas. I didn’t understand…