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    Kinky Boots Will Lift Your Spirits to New High-heeled Heights

    Kinky Boots Will Lift Your Spirits to New High-heeled Heights

    Drag queens are no strangers to musicals (think La Cage aux Folles and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), and the incredibly popular Kinky Boots proves their lasting power on Broadway.…

    Creation = Surprises

    Creation = Surprises

    Michele Karlsberg: What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your book? Jess Wells: What surprised me about my last book: a re-emerging love of the…

    Make Your Bed!

    Make Your Bed!

    I have always considered the bed a sanctuary; that most intimate of settings where we lose all of our defenses. It is where you recoup from a long day, reconnect…

    Costs That Affect the Bottom Line During a Home Purchase

    Costs That Affect the Bottom Line  During a Home Purchase

    One of the biggest unarticulated questions most people in the market have is, “How much is buying/selling a house going to cost me?” It constantly amazes me how valuable this…

    Is the First Time Becoming Impossible?

    Is the First Time Becoming Impossible?

    I always say that Real Estate is “local,” and even our own Bay Area tends to be significantly broken into individual mini-markets that don’t always correspond with each other. But…

    Families of Choice

    Families of Choice

    Family. It’s a powerful word that evokes many intense emotions. Now that the holiday season is here, many people are anticipating—and some are dreading—spending time with their families. It’s common…

    Gasoline and Matches

    Gasoline and Matches

    Have you noticed the edginess in the air lately? This is not a time to collapse or to shrink away from your own suffering or that of others. Humanity is…

    Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Take the Marital Plunge

    Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Take the Marital Plunge

    Why do you want to get married? What is it that drives you, calls to you, and makes you sure you are doing the right thing? Are your motives emotional,…

    Is it Now, Yet?

    Is it Now, Yet?

    Wariness is a kind of innate default setting in the human brain. To keep our ancestors alive, the brain evolved a “negativity bias”—an inclination to be constantly on the alert…

    Happy 40th Anniversary, SF FrontRunners!

    Happy 40th Anniversary, SF FrontRunners!

    The San Francisco FrontRunners, the founding chapter of the world’s LGBT and straight allies running organization, is an impressively strong franchise. SF FrontRunners is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year…