Recent Comments

    Archives

    Home » Archives by category » Features (Page 140)

    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…

    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…