See my comment above - it's pretty trivialising to call it "drama". Maybe put yourself in the shoes of people who are going through the process of adoption before you judge their choices.

I'm sure it's a mixed bag - my aunt and uncle decided on a domestic adoption, and really wanted an open adoption, with (ideally) annual visitations with the birth mom, so their future child would always know where they came from. They waited 6 years and finally took home their baby boy, and less than a week later the…

We are one in the same, my friend. I grew up in California then moved abroad, met my husband, and settled in Ireland for 7 years. For 7 winters I endured relentless rain, wind, about 2-3 weeks of snow each year, sidewalks freezing, grass crunching, and the sky was perpetually grey and low. I would feel claustrophobic…

My husband works in SF and I have two family members - one in Oakland Hills and one in Berkeley near Ashby Bart, who will eventually be our childcare providers, so really I want to stay in this area. Sigh. Maybe we'll be renters for life, maybe we'll get lucky like you did. Congrats on living my dream! (we currently…

Indeed - and this comment is really a great expression of what a lot of us feel, I think. For those of us who admired her I think there is a certain desire to protect her image, and I can't really explain it - but unlike so many old Hollywood stars she seemed a lot more thoughtful about her life and work, despite how…

If there are any Bay Area Jezzies out there the Piedmont Cinema is showing the room as it's midnight movie on Saturdays. Anyone fancy trying to organise a night out?

I grew up in Oakland and my aunt tells me that she thinks it will become more possible at some point since baby boomers will eventually start moving into retirement communities etc. Though the tech boom is fucking things up majorly. Basically, we're going to end up in fucking Richmond if we ever want to own homes.…

I think the fact that she was only a small child when she appeared in blackface should be recognized. She had very little control over the roles she took when she was young, but was always proud of the fact that she was one of the first people to appear in an inter-racial dance routine on film. The extraordinary thing…

My dream homes, in three parts:

Yes - that's the first thing I thought! It's just so typical now that all books need a provocative picture of the author right on the cover along a giant cardboard cut-out in the bookstore to remind you 'A FAMOUS PERSON TOTALLY WROTE THIS OMG!'.

My husband and I met in 2004 when I was a study-abroad student and my friend was visiting me and wanted to hook up with an Irish guy real bad. We were out on the town and he arrived at the pub as a friend-of-a-friend, and I was like "oooh, I found your guy! He is cute!". She prefers quite tall guys, and shortly after…

This whole premise is so disturbing - both of these men are vile human beings. This fight reminds me of when criminals would be forced to fight to the death in gladiator tournaments in ancient Rome.

Meanwhile in California I am going to murder the next person who complains about how cold it is today. Firstly, it's in the mid-50's for the first time in like a month. Secondly WE NEED RAIN.

Anyone getting married and like this style - you can get second-hand Jenny Packham on sites like "once wed" - google the styles you like. I fell in love with this one and got it for about half the cost on a second-hand site in the UK. I am keeping it though - I sold my dress on so this is my memento from the big day.…

This is a sort of odd tone for this article to take - it seems to say two things at once. I've been feeling personally conflicted about the idea of personal responsibility for social inequality so maybe it struck a chord. I have a good friend who is a radical social activist and these issues have really put a wedge…

Well I guess that is where I disagree with you - I don't believe that one employee could be 500x more valuable than another in the same company - I feel like that is the fantasy. Why is the person who imagines a product 500x more valuable than the person who builds the product, for example? Why is the person who…

to prevent situations like Apple, Walmart....everything. Where lowest paid workers can barely survive and the highest paid employees exploit them in order to rake in obscene amounts of cash.

I get a little annoyed by cancer-love-stories (which is as much a genre as holocaust-teen-books). I had a cousin I grew up with, we were 3 months apart in age, very very close. He was diagnosed at 19 with testicular cancer, and spent 6 years battling the various types of cancer that appeared throughout his body. He…

I did karaoke for my bachelorette party. After about 5 shots of whiskey and my maid-of-honor making a "NO CELL PHONE PICTURES - WE'LL REMEMBER WHAT WE REMEMBER, PEOPLE" announcement all of the bridesmaids did a FILTHY version of 'my neck, my back'. Also, one of my bridesmaid's actual girlfriend was there and got in on…

I'm basically a dirty socialist but I believe that in any given company there should be a rule that the lowest paid employee must earn at least 5% of what the highest paid employee is making.