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How to Travel on a Budget in 2025

Travel has become really expensive. Post-COVID, the entire world seems to be traveling again and prices just keep rising. I am astonished at how high they have gotten. But it’s a product of rising costs and out-of-control demand. Everyone just wants to travel. We’re all looking for an escape. Fortunately, it’s not all bad. Airfare […]

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Sea Foam & Coral… Mariangela

July 9, 2018 This color combination always reminds me of vintage makeup and fashion from the 40’s and 50’s. There is a sad lack of sea foam and coral in our modern summertime lives! The eyeshadow shown above is actually Fenty’s new Killawatt Foil highlighter in Sand Castle / Mint’d Mojito. I was a bit […]

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The Tokyo PhotoBook Workshop In June – Join Me!

WORKSHOP DETAIL I’m inviting you to join Soichi Hayashi and myself Steve Simon for an unforgettable assignment to produce a beautiful and meaningful portfolio of images which will be transformed into a photobook from a week of living and breathing photography in Tokyo, Japan. This particular workshop week is just after Cherry blossom season, or […]

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Recharacterize & Convert, Same Year

You may have contributed to a Roth IRA and then realized later in the same year that you would exceed the income limit. You recharacterized the Roth IRA contribution as a Traditional IRA contribution and converted it to Roth again before the end of the year. Your IRA custodian sent you two 1099-R forms, one […]