Category Archives: Random Thoughts and Adventures

Happy Black Friday

I am a lifelong New Yorker and I have never shopped in Manhattan on Black Friday.  Even though it’s only a short train ride away from our suburban town, it always seemed like an idea akin to swimming with sharks.  … Continue reading

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One under par from the roof

Yesterday I was out of the house all day on various errands, which included a workout appointment and an extended research session at the local library to gather sources for an upcoming grad school paper.  When I got back it was mid-afternoon … Continue reading

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After the Wheel

Today I went to our local post office to drop some letters off.  I am a big fan of the mailboxes that sit across from the post office entrance, the boxes for people doing the drive-by-drop-off thing without getting out … Continue reading

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The Universe Whispers

A few weeks ago, I was tooling down the main street of our little suburban town in my new MINI Cooper when a businessman late for an appointment pulled away from the curb and hit me. It wasn’t a bad hit, but … Continue reading

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The Weekenders

The little condo Husband and I have upstate is a nice getaway when we manage to get away.  Because of the horrible weather this winter, we only got to enjoy it for three weekends in December and January, so I … Continue reading

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Dig, she said

Here in New York we had a huge after-Christmas blizzard that dumped over two feet of snow on us and the city leaders who failed us.  Sanitation Department and EMS heads rolled when the lack of clean-up resulted in public misery and … Continue reading

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New York Cares

At lunch recently with a good friend, I mentioned that I will have a break between finishing up with my bachelors degree and starting on my masters.  Grad schools don’t start until fall, and I’ll be done by the end … Continue reading

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Bedbug City

It is now official; New York has reached its pinnacle of notoriety for the summer of 2010.  Along with the ongoing heated debate about the proposed lower Manhattan Islamic cultural center – dubbed the Ground Zero mosque – and the … Continue reading

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Rebel Soul for Sale

The other day I caught a movie on the vintage film channel that I remember watching with my mom back in the sixties.  It’s a 1949 British black comedy called Kind Hearts and Coronets.  The plot involves an aristocratic descendant denied his … Continue reading

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Enlighten Me

I needed one of those 9×12 manila envelopes with the clasp closing, you know the ones I’m talking about, and there wasn’t a single one in our entire house.  Those of us who do not work in offices where we … Continue reading

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