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12 Mar Covid Creativity: In Upstate NY, They’re Playing “Speakeasy Hockey”

Posted at 19:28h in Blog, Wills And Revocable Living Trusts

I used to share office space with a bunch of Canadian software developers, and they were nuts about hockey. It got really wild when the Stanley cup playoffs rolled around in the spring. They were contemptuous of Americans who called it “ice hockey”. For them there is only “hockey”. Those...

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07 Mar Putting Health into Healthcare: North Carolina Leads the Way

Posted at 15:45h in Blog, Health, Wills And Revocable Living Trusts

The Covid pandemic has exposed the limitations of the U.S. health care system. Unlike socialized health care in Canada, France or the Scandinavian countries, U.S. health care is tied to employment. Lose your job and you’ve just lost your health care. In the year of Covid, this has had tragic...

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26 Feb Denmark’s Key to Happiness? Teaching Empathy!

Posted at 18:18h in Blog, Wills And Revocable Living Trusts

Denmark is one of the happiest places on earth According to the UN’s World Happiness Report, a survey that classifies the happiness of 155 countries, Denmark has ranked as one of the top three happiest for seven years. The reason? For nearly 20 years, students are required to take a class in...

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07 Feb Remembering AB5: The Pandemic and Gig Workers

Posted at 10:18h in Blog, Wills And Revocable Living Trusts

It was just a year ago that California’s independent contractors, or gig workers, kicked off the year wondering how to either leverage or circumvent AB5, the law intended to give them workplace benefits. Lawmakers assumed that companies would comply with this new law and convert those gig jobs into full-time...

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03 Feb Mighty Market: Small Steps Lead to Mighty Changes!

Posted at 11:27h in Bay Area Focus, Blog

There’s a small shop making a big difference in Martinez. Two sisters opened their bulk refill apothecary + low-waste shop last April—just in time for Covid-19. This store is filled with an amazing array of organic, earth-friendly items that the owners have carefully curated. Bring your own containers and buy in bulk An...

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10 Jan We’ve Rebranded! A New Name and a New Logo

Posted at 18:14h in About Guideway, Blog

After more than 15 years, we decided it was time for a change. We did some research, and we learned that what our clients valued most was that we guided them through the legal process—whether Divorce, Mediation, Probate, Living Trust or Business Formation—we were there to guide them. Best of...

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04 Jan How We Will Eat in 2021?

Posted at 13:35h in Blog, Wills And Revocable Living Trusts

Here in the Bay Area, most conversations ultimately get around to a discussion of food. What we’ve been eating, what we’re cooking. With the pandemic, it’s about what we’re picking up or taking out. This is our annual review of food trends for the year, based on A New York...

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16 Dec We’re Rebranding! Looking Forward to a New Year and a New Name

Posted at 20:26h in About Guideway, Blog

This is one year we’d all like to put behind us. We want our lives back. With vaccines now in distribution, we can start to fantasize about a life beyond the coronavirus. We can look forward to ballgames and concerts, parades and family gatherings. To weddings and graduations that we...

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14 Dec A New Year Deadline for the Real ID

Posted at 12:46h in Blog, Wills And Revocable Living Trusts

With a vaccine on the horizon and the possibility of life returning to normal, are you starting to formulate travel plans for the new year? If those plans involve getting on an airplane, you’ll need a Real ID. Starting Oct. 1, 2021, the Real ID will become one of the...

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14 Dec Sundance Film Festival Changes Format: It’s Coming Down the Mountain!

Posted at 12:41h in Blog, Wills And Revocable Living Trusts

For 36 years, movie lovers have flocked to Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival. For those who’ve never been to Park City, it’s a precious little ski town some 7,000 feet up in the Wasatch mountains. During the ten-day festival, attendees fill theaters to capacity and huddle together in...

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06 Nov COVID Heroes: College Journalists Are Stepping Up

Posted at 12:48h in Blog, Health

As we read about the aggressive spread of Covid outbreaks this fall, some of the biggest contributors are on university campuses. At least Covid 214,000 cases have been linked to campuses, and it’s student journalists who are helping tell the story. As administrators and other staff try to diminish outbreak...

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06 Nov Americans Are Planning a Different Kind of Holiday This Year

Posted at 12:41h in Blog, Health

My longtime friend Christine grew up in the Chicago and most of her large extended family are still firmly rooted in the Midwest. Thanksgiving has always been the time her family gathered. Much more than Christmas, this is the time for tradition—the same favorite recipes—no deviation, ever. Annual walks along...

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