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    Lit Snax: 1.27.22

    Gordo by Jaime Cortez Set in and around a farm labor camp outside Watsonville in the 1970s, the stories comprising Gordo are at once moving, funny, peculiar, and utterly charming.…

    Dykes With Drills: Tie the Knot

    By Julie Peri– Here’s a quick tip for using extension cords. When you attach two cords together, use a knot to keep them together. That way when you tug on…

    Cocktails with Heather: Spiced, Apple & Ginger

    Cocktails with Heather: Spiced, Apple & Ginger

    By Heather Freyer– The seasonal flavors of mid-winter star in this well-balanced cocktail. The tang of Bacardí Spiced Rum and ginger ale complements the sweetness of fresh apple juice. Spiced,…

    Figuring Social Security Into Your Retirement

    Figuring Social Security Into Your Retirement

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– There are so few guarantees in life—and they’re mostly bad. Death. Taxes (at least for some of us). Your refrigerator melting down one month after the…

    Philanthropy 2.0 in 2022

    Philanthropy 2.0 in 2022

    By Derek Barnes– “Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.” —Sidney Poitier Almost two years ago,…

    In Case You Missed It

    By Joanie Juster– New Year, New Name, New Stories The New Year is a good time for a fresh look. When I started writing this column in October, it was…

    LGBTIQ Afghan Refugee: ‘I Feel Like a Human Being for the First Time’

    By John Lewis– Years ago, I worked as an English teacher for refugee children from the wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos at a camp in the Philippines that housed…

    The Gay Gourmet’s Top 22 for 2022 List

    The Gay Gourmet’s Top 22 for 2022 List

    By David Landis– 2021 was a zinger, especially for the restaurant community, so let’s hope 2022 is better. To start the year off right, The Gay Gourmet celebrates my own…

    Things to Be Grateful for Heading into 2022

    Things to Be Grateful for Heading into 2022

    By Liam P. Mayclem– 1 – Relationship To quote Ru Paul, “If you don’t love yourself how in the hell are you gonna love another?” That quote resonated more to me…

    Lit Snax: Fabulosa Books 1.13.22

    (Editor’s Note: When Alvin Orloff opened Fabulosa Books in the Castro, maintaining 489 Castro Street’s long history of housing a bookstore, we were overjoyed and grateful. It is such a…