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You say tomato, I say tomahto
Tomatoes, tomates, tomatillos! The city’s farmers’ markets are officially bursting at the seams with more varieties of tomatoes than I can possibly count, making this the perfect window of opportunity...
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My Hurricane Sandy Diaries: Part 1
FRANKENSTORM Monday, October 29, 2012: Spent this past weekend preparing for the storm. Fridge stocked with food and bottled water – check. Flashlights, batteries, crank radio – check. Tape up the...
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My Hurricane Sandy Diaries: Part 2
THE AFTERMATH CONTINUES Thursday November 1: “What day is it anyway?” This is the question on everyone’s lips. This week has blended together into one excruciatingly tedious day of waiting for...
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A Change of Heart
Part 3 of My Hurricane Sandy Diaries Saturday November 10: I did not cry throughout the Hurricane Sandy blackout experience (save a couple moments when my eyes welled up over people’s heartbreaking...
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New York, My Love
Though I may have sometimes denied it, I went to New York City to fall in love. Consciously/unconsciously, I hoped to find my “Mr. Big” – a disarmingly handsome, abundantly wealthy, distinguished...
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Love Letters to NYC
1,000,001 love letters have been written to New York City over the ages. If you’re an artist who has spent even a small fraction of time here, it undoubtedly changed your consciousness in some fashion,...
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101 Things I Won’t Miss About NYC
1. Fearless rats the size of cats 2. Flying cockroaches 3. Screaming people 4. Dog shit sidewalks 5. Piss puddles 6. Taxi driver funk 7. Piles of hot smelly garbage 8. The mélange of disgusting street...
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101 Things I’ll Miss About NYC
1. WALKING EVERYWHERE 2. Spending quality time with my kick-ass friends 3. Strolls along The High Line 4. Outings to Chelsea Market 5. Art gallery hopping 6. Rambling through Central Park, ending up @...
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Back in “LA LA Land”
I’ve always disliked that nickname for Los Angeles – “LA LA Land” – it implies this city is some sort of fantasyland where its inhabitants perpetually flit about with their heads in the clouds, in the...
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Bi-coastal-curious
April 5, 2013 I’ve been back in Los Angeles for a few months now and it’s becoming clear to me that I’m going to need to fashion a more bi-coastal lifestyle so I can spend time in both of the cities I...
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