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    Exchange Guidelines: 4 Basic Requirements

    Exchange Guidelines: 4 Basic Requirements

    At my open house this past weekend, a couple came through who were going through what’s known as a “1031 exchange.” In a nutshell, a 1031 exchange is a swap…

    Can We Make an Open Relationship Work?

    Can We Make an Open Relationship Work?

    Q: My boyfriend and I have been monogamous for four years, and now we’re considering having an open relationship. We’re both a little worried about it. Could this endanger our…

    Money Considerations When Assessing Officients

    Money Considerations When Assessing Officients

    While I don’t think of myself as a vendor, officiants are grouped as such by companies that sell in the wedding market. I laughed to myself when I opened an…

    The LGBT Bar Scene’s Only Organized Sport

    The LGBT Bar Scene’s Only Organized Sport

    Next weekend, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band whisks Sugar Plum wannabes away for a tropical island vacation for its 2014 Dance-Along Nutcracker®: Frosty’s Hawaiian Holiday. The island getaway takes…

    Dream Big and Sail On

    Dream Big and Sail On

    Renowned poet David Whyte eloquently wrote, “Some things can not be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant,…

    Creating Harmonious Families Starts with Me

    Creating Harmonious Families Starts with Me

    There’s nothing like taking off to sunny Florida at the start of the polar vortex that overtook Cleveland in mid-November. I’d booked my reservation at the Florida Nature and Culture…

    Science and Thanksgiving

    Science and Thanksgiving

    Since 1863 in the United States, we’ve set aside an annual Day of Thanksgiving to share our collective gratitude for the abundance in our lives. It’s now largely a festival…

    How to Find a Great Wedding Officiant

    How to Find a Great Wedding Officiant

    As a wedding officiant myself, I know how important it is for couples to find someone whom they trust, are comfortable with, and who has the right experience to match…

    Transgender Awareness: All the Days

    Transgender Awareness: All the Days

    We recently observed Transgender Awareness Week (November 14–20), but being trans aware should not just be limited to a single week. We therefore are devoting our column now to the…

    Recognize Resistance for What It Really Is

    Recognize Resistance for What It Really Is

    By Gypsy Love In his bestselling novel The War of Art, Steven Pressfield defines Resistance (with a capital R) as “an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential.” Resistance wears the…