I’ve always had this fantasy of living abroad, working some interesting job and being mobile.  I knew that people had figured out a way to do that, but figured most were somehow wealthy or had the right company connections or something – stuff I didn’t have.  I also didn’t know…

If you followed the stock market in 2000, you’ll recall all the dotcom flameouts, including Pets.com, Webvan, and eToys. Stocks that went from 60 to 2 (and 0), but still sat in your stock portfolio, as it was hard to realize the loss and close it out. As I start…

Top 20 Things Kirsten is looking forward to in Hawaii: Sun.  Sun.  And more sun. Ocean views Lychee! and other fresh Farmer’s Market fruits Kona coffee Scuba and snorkeling whenever I want 80 degrees all year round (suck it, winter) Lava hunting Lots o’ water sports Laid back lifestyle Hot…

The decision to move to Hawaii for a year really started as punting on a big decision We’ve talked for years about moving.  In Kir’s words, “somewhere without winter.” Pretty quickly, we got to a short list of Florida, Austin, and San Diego.  We violated the winter rule by thinking…