About "love in palo alto"

There are three things I do first thing in the morning, have a cup of coffee, eat a balance bar (same flavor every day) and call my dear friend, Jackie.

Jackie and I met in 2003 while living on Stanford campus. She was a PhD student and I was the spouse of a medical student. We lived right next door to each other and once we met, a friendship was born. However, little did Jackie know how very cliche my life would become.

Everything about me was so typical, so traditional, so very OC (not obsessive compulsive but Orange County). I was a supportive wife to a husband with big dreams and I agreed to sell our home in Orange County and move our 10-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter to Palo Alto, so that he could go to Stanford Med School. At that time, we had already been married a little over 13-years. Now comes the cliche part of this story, two years into medical school, my husband decided I wasn't supporting him properly, so he moved out. What to do, what to do?!?!

Well, not sit around and cry - that's for sure. I found myself a three bedroom apartment in downtown Palo Alto and moved off campus. Next, I switched jobs and landed an awesome position doing events and overseeing publications for a research department at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Life was getting back on track.

In 2007, I switched jobs once again and became the Director of Donor Relations and Events for Stanford Athletic Department and in 2008, got a divorce and bought myself a three bedroom townhome. Oh, forgot to mention picked up a few pets along the way, a cat named Lola and a dog named Bella.

It's January 2009, and this blog is about all the love I have experienced while living in Palo Alto. It's about family, divorce, dating in the 21st century when everything about me resembles a 20th century woman. It's about friendships, food, exercise, men, daughters and mothers, sons and mothers, and anything else you can fall in love with.

Stay tuned......



P.S. The ex graduated from medical school and is now an orthopedic surgeon in New York. We are all very proud of him!