Ten Money Questions for Chip Conley
Chip Conley will never peak. After 20 years in the hotel business, he's aiming higher and still climbing. As the founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, California's largest…
Free Teleclass: True Masters Adopt a Beginner’s Mind
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few." -- Shunryu Suzuki The concept of "Beginner's Mind" has been around for ages. Yet, as…
Sleeping With Money: The Scent of Money
'œNothing is more memorable than a smell'¦ Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and…
WWYD: Buy or Read in the Store?
As I tighten the budget around my house in ways that don't affect any measurable means of enjoyment yet result in saving money, I've been thinking about some of my…
Gay Cars: Not that there’s anything wrong with that
'œThe car has an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete.' '“ Marshall McLuhan Last weekend as Jeanine and I picked up our rental car to…
Your Money and Tattoos: Think Before You Ink
I'm at a coffee shop reading through the September issue of Money magazine. A quote from Coco Chanel jumps at me from the page: 'œFashion is made to become unfashionable.'…
Coming Out Insurance
I'm so happy to be returning to Queercents this week! I've been recovering from knee surgery and am coming out of the pain-haze. For the past three weeks I've been…
Health Care Planning: Protecting Partner due to Hospitalization
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She's written a few posts these past weeks on the topic of insurance and investing.…
Spontaneity and Money
Last week, my partner and I decided to take the car to the mountains for a drive to see the aspens changing. This was a decision based on what was…
LGBT and Caring for Aging Parents
'œForty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.' '“ Victor Hugo Jeanine and I spent the weekend in the Berkshires celebrating a friend's fortieth birthday.…