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Downtown to Chinatown
So once a week, my friend Connie and I get together under the noble banner of seeing more of this great city we are so fortunate to live in. When in reality, we just take tons and tons of Instagram photos. The plan was to walk downtown, to visit Park Here, on the advice of…
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Snow Day!
Today we had our first *real* snow! That one before Halloween was a fluke and everyone knows snow before November is NOT SNOW! We woke up to a veritable winter wonderland! Fluffy flakes falling so dense and fast they obscured the bridge and the view of New Jersey: And it was fun to watch the…
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Brooklyn, You’re OK
“I like the island Manhattan Smoke in your pipe and put that in!” – Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story (cut him some slack, there’s not a lot that rhymes with Manhattan, okay?) If you know me at all, you know the disdain I have for Brooklyn. Not PEOPLE FROM Brooklyn. Remember, I was a bridge-and-tunnel…
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A Peek At…the American Museum of Natural History
Sometimes, surrounded by tall buildings and crazy people, it’s hard to even remember that nature EXISTS, beyond Central Park. Luckily, right along the park is the American Museum of Natural History! I had no idea, but Eli LOVES planetarium shows. Oh, that was amazing! Makes you feel so small, and yet so important. Blows your…
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Remember the time I got hit on by a cop?
You may think it ironic, seeing as how i love Law & Order so much, but i have a deep fear and loathing of cops. It’s not personal, i’ve just never had a good conversation with a cop before! Also, my somewhat anarchist tendencies leave me with mistrust for authority. So there I am with…
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A Peek At…Alice’s Tea Cup
Telling the masses about Alice’s Tea Cup causes me consternation. Do I really want more crowds fighting against me for the scones? Ah, I suppose I will allow it. Alice’s has THREE locations!!! I’ve been to two, and two out of three ain’t bad. One just blocks from the Natural History Museum (and The Dakota,…
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Gimme Color
The new year has started off drab, drab, drab. Look, I’ve either been sick at home in grey cotton T-shirts or in my all-black work uniform!!! I had a craving today for color and excitement, and I definitely got what I needed. Starting with my nails! On the left hand: gray, butter yellow, neon purple,…
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Something I Adore
I was racking my brain all day on this one, then it hit me on the walk home. I actually went three blocks out of my way to get some of these shots- in 20 degree weather!!! So sue me. I adore living in New York City. I adore being a New Yorker! I feel…
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New York, I Love You
Source “Thank you for the seat,” the lovely blonde woman smiled politely at the tall, white-haired man who now settled onto the bench next to her. “It’s such a long trip from 59th to 125th Street, you see what I was saying?” He nodded politely, friendly: “Where are you getting off?” “207th,” she offered. “Oh,…
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Mystery Solved
If you follow this blog, chances are you know me in person, and if you know me in person, you probably know about my building’s water “situation.” As in, sometimes there’s water, sometimes it’s brown, sometimes it’s ice cold and sometimes it’s clear and runs both hot and cold. But not too often on that…
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Stuff I Just Don’t Understand The Appeal Of
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A Dream Realized
“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” – Langston Hughes, A Dream Deferred “…or does it puff up, like a cheese wonton?” – me. I’ve always had dreams of running away to a big city. When I got older, I fell in love with New York…
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Remember the Times
Ever wake up at 11am on a Saturday, you don’t have to work, it’s nice and cold outside, and just… go through old facebook photos of yourself? Maybe you should try to be a little more narcissistic, because it is AWESOME. Case in point: I found these old photos of me from YEARS back and…
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Laundry Day
One of the chores I used to love was laundry. It was so simple! Throw some soap and dirty clothes into a washing machine, walk away. Move it to the dryer, walk away. Presto, change-o, after a little while you have a battalion of sweet-smelling, clean clothes at your disposal once again! If chores were…
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Manhattan Pride!
The other day I was having a discussion with a friend about just what was so great about New York City. Um…everything? Namely, we were discussing why people pay so much to live here and get so little out of it. Except bragging rights! Why tell people you’re from Duluth when you can say you’re…