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Playshop: Improv Games for Connection — Dating Edition!

Playshop: Improv Games for Connection — Dating Edition!

Singles Connection Games Nights at Improv Central in Alameda are happening in February and March 2026! Two Fridays: 2/27 and 3/20, at 6:15-7:45pm Sign up for February 27 here: Connect: Dating! @ Improv Central Sign up for March 20 here: …

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Parties Are Like a Bowl of French Fries (a.k.a. Why It Feels Like There Is No One Out There for Me)

Parties Are Like a Bowl of French Fries (a.k.a. Why It Feels Like There Is No One Out There for Me)

There are two-and-a-half points to this post. So for those of you in a hurry or with short attention spans (a.k.a. almost all of us all the time in the digital age), here they are: 1. Quantity gives a false sense …

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Be Careful What You Wish For… Online

Be Careful What You Wish For… Online
Faerie House (installation, mixed media: stones, cardboard, glue, moss, ribbon, glass bottle, glitter); by Jonah Adams

The Internet is a magical tool. Think about it in terms of witches and wizards, cauldrons and spells. You light a fire, fill and heat the pot, throw in some eye of newt, call upon the spirits, above and below, …

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I’m an Optimist? You’re Kidding!

I’m an Optimist? You’re Kidding!

So, my blog post yesterday, What Mercury Retrograde Really Means, might have seemed a little… cranky. Half the year is going to suck, people! That was my general message. In an if-we-lovingly-accept-the-vissicitudes-of-life-we-will-actually-be-happier, sort of way. There was another message in the …

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What Mercury Retrograde Really Means

Whether you believe in Astrology or not, there’s a life lesson in the phenomenon known as Mercury Retrograde. You’ve most likely heard SOMEONE reference it. Maybe in your Facebook feed. Something like, “UGH! My computer just crashed and I lost …

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I Am Julie Feinstein, Dating Coach

I help highly intelligent, self-aware, and creative single women and men learn how to date more efficiently and effectively so that they can have the relationships they desire.

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