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Parenting Conflicts

My son isn’t even a year old and I’m already confused. I’d been prepared for the first year of dirty diapers and interrupted nights, but I hadn’t thought enough about our family values and the tradeoffs we will face.  I’m hoping to instill in my son  But what do I Read more

By The Scottish Terrier, 8 monthsMarch 15, 2025 ago
Travel

San Francisco Peninsula Favorites

Covering a few hundred miles of surface area, the San Francisco Bay itself is massive and the cities surrounding it sprawl even farther.  Locals refer to the western side of the bay from San Francisco city down into Silicon Valley “The Peninsula”. While we haven’t visited the whole bay area Read more

By The Scottish Terrier, 9 monthsFebruary 26, 2025 ago
Travel

Visiting DC and the greater DMV 

Centered around the District of Columbia, the DMV area is made up of DC, Maryland, and Virgina. While DC proper is only ~700,000 people, the Metropolitan Area is one of the biggest in the country with ~6.5M people.  Beyond people though, the DMV area is arguably the best to visit Read more

By The Scottish Terrier, 10 monthsFebruary 1, 2025 ago
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Why we travel 

In Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel says “your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.”  This quote is about how each of us approaches money differently, but I’ve found it’s the best articulation Read more

By The Scottish Terrier, 10 monthsJanuary 12, 2025 ago
Travel

Stunning Santa Barbara

Called “The American Riviera”, Santa Barbara is roughly 2 hours north of LA with a city proper of ~90,000 and a few surrounding towns (Goleta, Carpinteria, Montecito) that nudge it up to 150-200,000. What it lacks in size, it makes up for in splendor.  I never realized it growing up, Read more

By The Scottish Terrier, 3 yearsJuly 21, 2022 ago
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