Author Archives: Tina
East Coast Epiphany
The company conference on the East Coast is over. After a 3:30 a.m. ride to SFO by my Brazilian friend that drives for Uber, my Monday started much earlier than usual. Normally I would have packed lighter for a 2-night stay, but both Newark, New Jersey and New York City were predicting rain. Thus, I … Continue reading
Catching Up With the Relatives
My second cousin, V., and her husband, M., were in town from Hawaii one evening last week. They’d been in Reno for a family reunion the weekend before, then stayed with another cousin for a few days in Benicia-Martinez. On the night they were in San Francisco, I met them in Chinatown. V., although born and … Continue reading
Regrets, Of Which I Have Many
My advice to people has always been “Move forward. Don’t look back. No regrets.” Recently, it seems, I haven’t been following my own advice. Something has me on a very serious sentimental journey which involves a ton of regrets. Now my life in retrospect – the travels, the relationships, the material possessions, etc. – seems … Continue reading
Bonne Anniversaire, Mon Amour!
Today is the birthday of my ex-husband. Maybe it was coincidence that I ran into one of his French friends this morning that I rarely see. Since I bear no ill will towards him in the least, let me amuse you with a few memories of him. I miss him waiting for me after work … Continue reading
Hostile Habits and Salacious Selfies
Most of you are familiar with my horror stories of on-line dating – something that my ex-roommate convinced me to try about a year ago. In truth, I’d “tried” an on-line dating site before my roommate convinced me to seriously try the one he’d suggested. In other words, I’d set up a profile on a … Continue reading
Coffee, Tea or Me?
A single woman traveling alone faces many obstacles that male travelers, couples, families or groups of friends do not. What reminded me of this was another blog where a woman discussed her experiences with Couchsurfing. Couchsurfing is a website where you can offer up your place for someone to stay for a few days for … Continue reading
Feeling My Mortality
Have you every done something stupid like make a mixed tape of songs that remind you of someone? I have… more than once. I’m so old that I made mixed tapes on cassettes of songs that reminded me of former boyfriends. Of course, I made those mixed tapes when I was still DATING said guys. … Continue reading
The Three C’s – Cinema, Crime & Concerts
The week before last I was made aware of the CAAMFest (i.e. Center for Asian-American Media Film Festival) via something posted on Facebook. I thought I knew about most of the film festivals that take place in San Francisco, but had never heard of this one. I checked out the schedule since it started the … Continue reading
What All The Cool Kids Eat
A friend of mine from another state introduced me to a new craze – cookie butter. He was in Cali for a conference, shall we say, when he got a request to bring some cookie butter back home. I’d never heard of cookie butter before. He told me that friends of his had brought some … Continue reading
Told Ya So!
Remember the T.V. series, “Will and Grace,” where she does the “told ya so” dance when she was right? Well, remember when Maoli and Jordan T. were here back in September for a concert? Although they were standing right outside the venue and I could have asked them for a photo, I didn’t. Why? Because … Continue reading