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For happier love, dip below the divorce stories.... also,
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if you dare!
And what are Lilles - Late in Life Lesbians...?
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Modern Love Podcast?
Director Celine Song talks about ME!
The New York Times - Unhitched:
Divorce Column,
launched 2013
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She found out she was pregnant as he was having an affair
4/20/26
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As business flourished, their marriage floundered
10/30/24
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She was "best man" at his second marriage
2/29/24
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They were once "Hippie verses Soviet."
6/15/2024
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After the divorce, a different kind of love
11/03/2023
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An Experiment in Polyamory 3
/11/202
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Divorce is hard, here's how you can help
1/19/2022
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After a painful split, a Functioning Family
12/1/2021
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The Paradox of Alimony for Men
10/30/
2021
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Former Culinary Couple Thrives as a Blended Family 3
/10/202
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Challenged to Sustain Their Lifestyle
6/5/2020
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Pulled Apart by Addiction 1/27
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• A Focus on Children - and Losing Each Other 12
/10/
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• The Perfect Divorce 9/06
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• It Takes What it Takes to End Something 6
/24/
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• Divorce Advice (And it won't cost you a thing!) 4
/24/
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• 2 Divorce Lawyers, Better After Divorce, Still Together 1
/03/
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• Older, Wiser and Very Much in Love
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2/04/
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• Life in the Bakery Led to Love, then Loss of Balance
2/25/
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Sparks of Love, Doused by Old Habits
2/22/2017
• The Same Arguments, Then Finally a New Direction 8
/26/2016
• A Husband's Transgender Secret Takes Its Toll
1/7/2016
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A Couple Finds Instant Attraction, Longtime Love, then Discord
1/7/2016
• Marriage Equality Isn't Always Quality
10/27/2015
• Divorce Isn't an Option, Until it's Only One
4/3/2015
• Unraveling, In Slow Motion
11/7/2014
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Together on the Road to Divorce
8/15/12
• With Hindsight in the Rearview Mirror
5/2/2014
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On Money and Marriage
3/7/2014
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A Love Not Strong Enough to Climb Barriers
3/7/13
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In a Confrontation, a Secret is Revealed
1/16/2013
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When One Person Lives a Lie
1/23/2014
• Making it Last (a couple that stayed together!)
12/20/13
• Backing it Off Wanting All From a Spouse
11/14/13
• Lessons Learned When it's All Over
8/11/2013
• Disappointments in Happily Ever Afte
r 9/22/2013
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When Nest Emptied, Discontent Entered
11/10/2013
The New York Times -
VOWS & Weddings & Style
• Great waves leads to love...10/18/24
• The Late-in Life Lesbian Experience Blooms Online 6/23/2024
• VOWS: Hairpin Turns, Oncoming Traffic... 12/22/2023
• VOWS: He wooed her with a palm reading... 10/20/23
• VOWS: From mom friends, to so much more! 6/30/23
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VOWS: Each Gave Up on Love, Which is When They Found It! 12/16/2022
• VOWS: For Two College Students, A Person to Call Home 9/23/22
• VOWS: Some 42,934 Steps On the road to Love 7/15/22
• VOWS: Without Knowing It, Opening the Door to Romance 9/16/22
• VOWS: A Commitment to Each Other 5/27/2022
• VOWS: The Cat's Approval Wins! 4/15/2021
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VOWS: Life as a pair began at a table for one! 12/17/2021
• VOWS: He Had Him at Howdy! 12/10/2021
• VOWS: Overcoming Disability and Finding Love 7/02/2021
• VOWS: SF City Hall "I Dos Echo" 7/14/2021
• VOWS: Shon Buford and Julia Mathis 6/24/2019
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VOWS:
Brian Nicholson and Brooke Geahan 5/24/2019
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VOWS: George Arison and Robert Luo 3
/22/201
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• VOWS:
Dr. Eleni Greenwood and Sujay Jaswa 9
/21/2018
• VOWS: Writing Their Own Stories,Together
3
/16/2018
• VOWS: Why Wait? When you know, you know
1/28/2018
• VOWS: Betsy Wolfe Marries Her Best Friend
1/8/18
• VOWS: Don't Fall in Love with Me! 6
/16/1
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• VOWS: Finding Common Groundl! 5
/5/1
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• VOWS: Love Sets Sail!
11/13/16
• VOWS: Jennifer Alden and Kirk Spahn 5/13/16
• VOWS: Valerie Masten and Jon Bonne
8/23/15
• New Tools for Wedding Photographers
12/5/14
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VOWS: Finding Each Other Midlife
3/23/14
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State of the Unions: One more aboard the RV
1/2/2013
• VOWS:
A Reluctant Bride Conquers Her Fears
12/27/13
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Gay and Lesbian Pre-nups: If Forever Doesn't Work Out
3/25/12
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Field Notes: Pursuing a New Path Down the Aisle
10/6/2013
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Lindsay Benner and Dan Das Mann: This one went everywhere!
6/21/2013
• VOWS:
Past columns
(click for various links)
The Washington Post Magazine:
• Clams for Nixon: In 1969, San Clemente gets its day in the sun,
but for one local girl, the changes bring trouble
The Center for Investigative Reporting
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• Survivor of Your Black Muslim Bakery Speaks Out
8/2/2012
(multimedia)
Public Television: Live interview and behind the story
The New York Times: Essays, Articles and Columns
• NYT Opinionator
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Confessions of a Pebble Thief
3/3/2015
• NYT Travel: Lazy Bear in San Francisco
12/23/14
• Styles: Forever, the Girl with the Unicorn Tattoo
5/5/2013
• NYT Travel: Oakland, the new Brooklyn
4/8/2012
• Modern Love: My View from the Margins
• NYT Magazine Lives: Rent-A-Dog?
• NYT Magazine Lives: Hi, I'm Louisa. I Mean Eliza. I Mean Sam.
• Local Intel: International Bird Rescue
• Local Intel: Crossfit
• Local Intel: Children's Bell Tower
• Local Intel: Little Farm
• Local Intel: Samiramis Imports
• Local Intel: Nourse Auditorium
• Local Intel: Eichler's SF
• Local Intel: Sunol Water Temple
• Local Intel: SF Armory - Kink!
• Local Intel: Bulwinkleland
• Local Intel: East Bay Archery
• Local Intel: Earthquake Cottages
• Local Intel: It's a blimp? No!
• Local Intel: City Goats?
• Local Intel: Oakland Arts
• Local Intel: Salmon Sex
• Local Intel: Bimbo's?
• Local Intel: Community Gardens
• Local Intel: Tugboats?!
• Local Intel: St. Mary's Park
• Local Intel: SFO Noise Abatement Room
• Local Intel: Skate Stoppers
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Local Intel: Draline Tong Herbs
• Local Intel: Los Centzontles
• Local Intel:
It's It
(yum)
• Local Intel: San Quentin Hobby Shop
(bummer, now closed)
• Local Intel:
Martinez Bocce Courts
• Local Intel: Kennedy Tunnel
• Local Intel: Sutro Tower
• Local Intel: Clarion Alley
• Local Intel: C & H Sugar Sign
• Local Intel: Oakland's Mormon Temple
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Local Intel: A Fish Story
(one of my favorites)
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Local Intel: Fernandez Mansion
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Local Intel: City Hall Steps
• NYT Magazine
Lives
: Rent-A-Dog: In Tokyo, love couldn't be bought.
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NYT Health: It's Never Too Late to Be a Surfer Chick
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• NYT Travel: 36 Hours, Berkeley, California
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NYT Opinion: Houses Too Clean for Comfort
• Signoff: Better to Have Loved and Lost...Maybe Not
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Lives: Dirty Laundry
(The first NYT Magazine Lives column)
• NYT Travel: Secondhand Souvenirs
Bay Citizen/Center for Investigative Reporting 2012
: Columns on SF's most committed activists.
San Francisco Chronicle (current and archives):
Including On the Couch:
A weekly column on Bay Area Couples, how they met, how they fell in love, the crazy world we live in.
(2007-2012)
We Do: A Day of Love at City Hall (5/6/16)
The Boston Globe:
Where have all the artists gone? Provincetown is changing, some say for the worse.
Salon:
How to know if your dog is in pain? When it comes to suffering, what's too much for a pet?
5/26/15
Wanderlust: Adventures of My Youth: Can midlife travelers recapture our weird encounters of the past?
Camp Nostalgia: My favorite trips are repeats, but do I dare return to summer camp?
Tricycle Magazine:
A Yen For Cleaning: My time at a Japanese "spiritual" cleaning center
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