welcome to bay area focus. i m susan sikora. we chatted about her novel, the viagra diaries in which she dared to explore love and sex after 50. this is a book that screams to be a film. the story and barbara are challenging ageism head on. her age march has sparked similar events in l.a. and new york. so glad to be here. a lot has happened to you. so much. viagra diaries you have made some progress because you said there might be an option here and there. what is going on? who is interested. hbo is going to make a tv series. it is going to be like a sex and the city for superboomers. absolutely. when do you think this will start? probably not for another year or so. have you talked money? yes. you re smiling. it s good. it s worth while. it is all good. i m thrilled because 60 plus people need to be out there and not stereotyped. i want to know who they are thinking of maybe to play the lead character. i can t even hint. nothing? i can t even h
i m susan sikora. and we want to congratulationuulate the giants. what a magnificentnificent performance last night. back to today s show. last time jill and michael visited they revealed their life. it was split between new york city and their charming cottage in italy s country side. their new life was an inveable dream. and then life of jill s elderly mom, laura, suddenly changed and so did michael and jill s. the story in michael s third story family meals is here for all to read. i love your writing. i love reading your writing. say it again. i love reading your writing. are you going to write more? i am writing more. i write every day. . : you are doing a blog. i m doing my blog, notes from the culinary wasteland.com. it is kind of a food blog and when i am traveling it is a travel blog. i just wrote about this trip. we are here for the book thing. you re visiting now. you sold the house and you bought the place in italy. and you look like you have lost a
high. i m susan sikora. welcome to bay area focus. last month president obama revealed his plan to shore up the nation s transportation system. the infrastructure is, indeed, overdue for a facelift. if congress complies what is it in for california? is there a job in the deal for you? we welcome back rod to ask him all these things. he is executive director. welcome. good to have you here, again. thank you. the current status at the high speed rail plan in a nutshell is what? we completed our environmental review. it took about 11 years and about $30 million and we re 3/4 through the project level review. it will say where the station will be. that should be done by midyear 2011. will be in the final review process after the first of the year in 2011. we should be then under construction with contracts all approved by midyear 2012. okay. and remind us of the route. it goes la? the route goes by law because it was approved in the ballot pleasure, down the peninsula.
welcome to the show. i m susan sikora. dr. mindy goldman is a gynecologist and clinical professor and director of the women s cancer care program. she is back today with an update on women s health issues. welcome back. emotion to be here. first of all any breaking great news or good news at least on women s health? there is so much good news on women s health. my big focus is on breast cancer and survivor issues. breast cancer rates are starting to decrease. do we know why? there are lots of questions as to why. it may be due to decreases in hormone replacement therapy. fewer women are using hormones. that probably has some of it to do with it. i think there is lots of factors we may not know, but fewer women are getting breast cancer. more women are living wilt breast cancer and there is a big push to have people survivorship be better so a focus on quality of life. we have some nas nateing trials going on at ucsf that are focusing in on end vend liesing therapy
omplish certain welcome to the show. i m susan sikora. it happens everyday, maybe 20 you. you begin in the morning intending to accomplish certain tasks. then distractions, phone calls, someone needs a favor. a chat goes long, an emergency goes long, you need a break, a snack or a nap and the day is gone, but not your tasks. can you control your time? author and public relations consultant explains how in her book time management in an instant. also you coauthored this with keith bailey. yes. just about any page will help, but you said work backwards. if you have a deadline for something or something you have to deliver. thing to do is start from figuring out when you have to deliver it and work backwards. what are the steps you have to take so you can figure out the timeline. if you have to be at someplace at 10:00 in the morning, you have to think of ten minutes for traffic, ten minutes for parking, ten minutes to get downstairs and find the keys. so part is workin