Tag Archives: Life

November 30

Fashion as a Second Skin

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J.W. Anderson, Carine Roitfeld, Tom Ford, Coco Chanel. Through my travels and my time in different cultures, I have come to possess a special appreciation for fashion. I used to think of it as the art of the ridiculous. I also saw ready-to-wear clothes as the art of conformity. Then I watched 16 hours of fashion […]

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October 30

Legacy

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The word legacy has been on my mind recently. I always think of one’s legacy as divided up into three areas: job, career, life’s pursuit. Many can achieve one or two of these areas. It is hard to attain all three. I think since I have been hyper focused on a specific project at work […]

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October 22

Gay Life During the Height of the HIV / AIDS Epidemic

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Queerty profiled a moving photo series on gay couples during the HIV / AIDS era. The photo journalism project feels like a window into another era. Here is the overview of the project from Queerty: “In the Summer of 1986, photographer Sage Sohier set out to document the lives of gay and lesbian Americans in […]

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October 10

All It Took: 10 Years of Marriage Equality

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Under the San Francisco city hall rotunda last night, I watched two guys I consider mentors and father-figures get married. The couple met a decade ago and took their relationship from friendship to boyfriends and boyfriends to fiances only recently. All it took to conduct the ceremony was a rabbi, four wooden sticks and a […]

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October 04

An Afternoon on the Vineyard at Olivia Brion

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Today my friends and I spent the afternoon taking private wine tours and tastings in Napa. It was an incredible day of laughing, eating, and drinking. One winery that stood out was Olivia Brion. The winemaker David – a man with 34 years of winemaking experience – taught us so much about what goes on […]

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October 01

Omagh’s ‘Shawshank Husband’ Dug Tunnel From Bedroom To Pub Over 15 Years

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Omagh’s ‘Shawshank Husband’ Dug Tunnel From Bedroom To Pub Over 15 Years. An Omagh plumber tunnelled a hole from under his bed to the local pub 800 feet from his house over the course of 15 years, a court heard today. Patsy Kerr had been summonsed to Omagh County Court after it emerged he had […]

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September 28

Winning with Honor

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For many in sports, winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing. This quote is attributed to UCLA Bruins Football Coach Henry Russell Sanders. This weekend, I saw this belief played out at my other alma mater – University of Michigan. Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke kept quarterback – Shane Morris – in the game after […]

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September 23

Required Reading: “7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose”

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This morning on the Caltrain down the peninsula, I came across an awesome blog post about life guidance and how to think about your own priorities. The piece “7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose” is definitely required reading for anyone trying to figure stuff out and hasn’t been able to figure […]

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September 10

Between the Dreaming and Coming True.

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Originally posted on SAMO4PREZ:
We are somewhere over Casablanca right now at 1:00am. I can not sleep, this is normal for me on a plane.  So I make a new play list on my ipod that consists of… Bon Iver, Daughter, Hammock, Motopony, Jose Gonzalez, Active Child …all in order to set my mind at ease.  I am surrounded…

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September 06

How many camels are you worth in Egypt?

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Sharm El Sheikh is without a doubt very touristy, so if you are looking to get a bit of the beaten track it isn’t the place to go. However there is a lot to do here, it is a famous diving spot and you can experience a wealth of culture on your doorstep. The area…

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