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Economy doesn't kill appetite for premium foods

I know, I know. You may not indulge in such edible extravagances. But before the boom expanded our grocery budget and the luxury food business stepped up to fulfill our every desire, how many of us indulged in gourmet vittles at all? Now many Bay Area ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  1 Nov 2009
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Online education comes into its own

As the job market grows softer and less nourishing than a jelly doughnut, reports show more people are returning to school to immunize their careers and feed their souls. But "school" is not necessarily the idyll of leafy campuses and long afternoons ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Stanford University,  University of California Berkeley,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

How Can President Obama Bail Out Middle America

The Wall Street elite got a dream rescue plan with our tax money. What will Middle America get? Will we have to bail ourselves out? We’re at $700 billion and counting – handed out to the Wall Street rich club. And our Government is not done using our ...

From CAROL LLOYD AT THE 700 CIRCLE, Fast Pitch Networking,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Henry Paulson,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  American International Group

Carol Lloyd bids Surreal Estate Good-bye

When I began writing about the Bay Area's bizarre love affair with real estate in March of 2000, we all thought the boom couldn't last much longer. I assumed I'd do a short series about it and move on to other writing as the gloss came off the housing ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Aug 2008
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Project Artaud artist fights to be accepted by Section 8

When Maude Kirk moved into her home 37 years ago, it might not have seemed like an ideal living situation. The unit occupied the bank and document vault of a defunct canning factory. It had neither windows nor running water, and the walls were two ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  8 Aug 2008

Reverse mortgages: Bad rap or bad idea?

Not so long ago I was at my father's house, and I heard him on the phone, arranging a visit with someone. When he hung up, I inquired about who he was making plans with. Note:This column appears Fridays on SF Gate and Sundays (abridged) in the ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  31 Jul 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Peter Bell

The Google Effect: How the company's shuttle line affects San Francisco real estate

At a time when so many San Francisco neighborhoods are experiencing a certain sagging in the market — the inevitable aging of the eternal boom — it's interesting to note that a few places have proved themselves strangely resilient. Why some ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  24 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Two local architects live poised between past, present and future in their San Francisco fixer

"I designed the kitchen on a drawing board, lying in my hospital bed after my C-section," Carol Buhrmann tells me as she cuts an apple for her children. "It was crazy." Note:This column appears Fridays on SF Gate and Sundays (abridged) in the ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Jul 2008

Urban Farming: Back to the land in your tiny backyard

Each morning when Colin Phipps' two young sons get up, they run outside to the chicken coop to gather eggs for breakfast. Next year, the family is planning on expanding their farm by adding a little pig or a hutch of rabbits. Note:This column ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Jun 2008

Small S.F. businesses get hit by lawsuits over access for disabled / Merchants in older buildings find it's not easy to comply

Note:This column appears Fridays on SF Gate and Sundays (abridged) in the Chronicle. A tray of asymmetrical chocolate lumps balances on the counter behind the espresso machine, where owner Jean-Marc Gorce is slinging a cappuccino. Scotch-taped to the ...

From CAROL LLOYD, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Clint Eastwood

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