Sleeping With Money: Finding Love at Any Expense?
Being single can be an expensive proposition, especially if you're looking for that special someone. While there are many ways to meet people'¦ most of them aren't free. And spending…
‘Till Finances Do We Part (or Merge)
Managing joint finances can be a challenge for all couples gay and straight alike. Unfortunately there is no how-to manual on managing a couple's finances and running a home. Perhaps…
When Debt Means Happiness: Avoiding Burnout
Moorea pointed out in a recent post on going to beauty school that a recession is the perfect time to take out a student loan. Still, it hurt when I…
A Richer Life Without Cable Television
I went back to NY to visit my family this past Christmas. I haven't had cable TV for the past seven years, so I was looking forward to catching up…
WWYD: Lie to Keep You Career?
If you knew that the only way you could save your career was to deny and lie about who you are, would you? That is precisely the dilemma a soldier…
An Inconvenient Flip: Shifting Real Estate on a Dime
While Jason and I are still enjoying our new house, I want to talk about another real estate experience we encountered. During the fall of 2006, my partner and I…
Pink & Green Parenting: How to Save Money While Going Organic
'œOh, so you shop at Whole Paycheck?' 'œOrganics! Well, my family can't afford that.' 'œWe didn't have all these special organic products when we were growing up, and we're fine,…
Buying Real Estate in 2008
This is a guest post from Jeff Hammerberg, the founder of , the largest company in the nation representing the rights of queer home buyers and sellers. These are his…
Femme Economics: The Beauty of School
Waxing, Facials, Body Scrubs. It's amazing when people take time out of their schedules to treat themselves well. It has always been a crazy dream to one day open up…
Tax Tidbit #3: How to Obtain a Copy of Your Tax Documents
As you gather information for your 2007 tax returns, you may need to refer to prior year returns. Do you know where your archive records are? Are they in the…