Lady of the Valley
One of the great things about not working is that I get to do things that I was always “too busy” or “too tired” to do when I was putting in crazy hours at the hedge fund in San Francisco. For example,...
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Lady on Russian Hill
When I first moved to San Francisco I started working immediately so I never really got to explore a lot of the neighborhoods in the city. On Tuesday we had a rare day of sunshine and warm weather, so...
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I recently joined an organization called the Spinsters of San Francisco. As the name implies, the Spinsters is a social / charitable group (with an emphasis on the former) of young, single women in San...
View ArticleLady of the Book Sale
Last summer in the Singapore Airport: Me: Would you call me bookish? My Boyfriend: I believe I already have called you bookish. Me: Laughter. Oh. Right. My Boyfriend: Even though I believe that you...
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Lady of Oysters and Beer
Last weekend I went on two great day trips from San Francisco. One trip focused on oysters, the other on beer. I have a pretty great life these days. On Saturday I went to the Hog Island Oyster...
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Lady about Town
I’ve been sick for the past few days, so I figure it’s a good time to put up some pictures from all of my recent adventures in San Francisco. A few weeks ago I was in hiking mode. I spent a day...
View ArticleLady of Sorrows
It’s starting to hit me that I’m really leaving San Francisco. As excited as I am to move to London, it’s sad to leave home. My boyfriend and I had a going away party the other night at Mauna Loa. It...
View ArticleLady of the Playground and the Wedding
Today was a busy day. I started out in Visitacion Valley at a volunteer event with the Spinsters of San Francisco. We had a Halloween-themed event for the kids at Real Options for City Kids (ROCK), the...
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Lady in Transit
I just got back from a week-long trip to San Francisco. It was strange and a bit surreal to be a visitor in my own city. My flights to SFO were a disaster; the London to Chicago flight was delayed,...
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Lady Goes to Market
One of my favorite things about San Francisco was the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market. On sunny Saturday mornings the Ferry Building and its outskirts were packed with stalls selling everything from local...
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Lady to Breakers
This week’s adventure took me home to California, and I couldn’t have picked a better time to visit. The weather was hitting record highs in San Francisco just as the London heat wave succumbed to the...
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Lady by the Bay
It’s been nine months since I was last in San Francisco. That’s the longest I’ve ever been away from the City by the Bay. While I’ve done my fair share of traveling in the interim, there’s nothing...
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Lady and the Ham
I love ham. When I was a kid, the woman who ran my day care center nicknamed me The Ham Girl. While the other kids were on their best behavior for the prospect of a Sweet Tart or some Pop Rocks, I...
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Lady in San Francisco
Every six months or so I find an excuse to travel back to San Francisco. Sometimes the excuse is work, sometimes it’s family or friends, sometimes it’s holidays, and sometimes it’s something that...
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Lady Eats in San Francisco
What do you get when you mix one part gorgeous weather, one part excellent fresh food, one part world-class wine, and one part home? You get October in San Francisco. October has always been the best...
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Lady Visits San Francisco
The best thing about being from San Francisco is that no matter where I travel, I always have an excuse to return to one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This week I made my semi-annual...
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Lady Walks in NorCal
One of my favorite things about traveling home to California is the abundance of outdoor activities on offer. From hikes in the Santa Cruz Mountains to walks in Northern California’s coastal regions,...
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Lady at a Wine Country Wedding in Sonoma
Last weekend I traveled to California. Yes, you read that right. I spent over 17 hours flying 6,000 miles just to spend 1.5 days in my home state. Now that you know you read that right, you may be...
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Lady’s San Francisco Sunrise
People always ask me how I cope with jet lag. Somehow they assume that after traveling non-stop for five years, I have developed an immunity to the travel-induced cycle of narcolepsy and insomnia....
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Lady Grazes in San Francisco
People always ask me what I miss most about living in San Francisco. My answer is always the same: the food and wine. But what’s a Lady in London to do when she goes home to California to await the...
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