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April 1, 2014 | in Life, North America, Travel

5 Things You’ll Miss About New York City

central park upper west side nyc manhattan

Lately I seem to be encountering a rash of people eager to hear how happy I am to have “escaped” New York City. Aren’t you glad to be out? You can’t miss anything about New York… right? I worry I may have been a bit overdramatic in airing my frustrations with the city. Honestly, these […]

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March 14, 2014 | in North America, Travel

Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City

irish hunger memorial new york city

New York is a city made for lazy adventurers. In fact, it’s one of the aspects I miss most about living in Manhattan. Perhaps because despite all my planning and checklists, I am- at the core- a lazy adventurer. I like when adventures present themselves to me.  When something fun & interesting & brand new […]

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December 13, 2013 | in North America, Travel

Thinking Globally at the United Nations Headquarters

United Nations Norman Rockwell Mosaic New York

Revisiting New York City has allowed me to curate my favorite Manhattan people, places, and food into one splendid week. It’s always gratifying returning to old favorites, but darn if there wasn’t one glaring never-made-it-happen left on my NYC To Do List. Day #11,556: It was a last-minute decision.  (And the obsessive planner in me […]

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December 10, 2013 | in North America, Travel

(Re-)Becoming a Local in New York City

new york city manhattan apartment

If you’ve been following my Twitter feed as of late, you might know that I’m currently in frosty NYC! To be honest, I wasn’t sure how it would feel to be back in my newly-made-old hometown.  Would we slo-mo run towards one another across a field of wildflowers while “Chariots of Fire” played in the […]

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September 17, 2013 | in Life, North America

Take ’em Downtown, Boys

Old Police Building New York

It’s been about a month and a half since Mr. M, Charlie Mae the Wonderpup & I made the move from east to west coast, and I’m already the picture of laidback Californian, slacking off on my blog posting and rocking a shamefully dramatic flip flop tan. But wait.  Seeing as how it’s been a […]

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July 31, 2013 | in Life

I’m Goin’ Goin’ Back Back to Cali Cali

KK's right.  There should be zero sighing when *this* is a 15-min walk away.

I have been busting at the seams with my little secret, and I finally get to spill.  Mr. M & Charlie Mae & I are moving back to California!! Our move to sunshine & flippie-floppies became officially official today when we closed escrow on our very first house! People tell me that this makes us […]

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April 30, 2013 | in North America, Travel

High Above Manhattan

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One of my very most favorite places in New York exists thirty feet above the city. Beginning in 1847, an actual railway ran down the very busy 10th Avenue on the west side of Manhattan.  Like seriously down the middle of the street. A freight train. When the train started colliding with pedestrians & their […]

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November 1, 2012 | in Life, North America

Lights Out in Lower Manhattan

Blackout essentials!  Candles, flashlight, wine glasses, tea... check, check, check, and check.

As everyone who hasn’t been living under a rock already knows, Frankenstorm hit the east coast like a bat out of hell on Monday night.  The best description I’ve seen of Manhattan, post-Sandy, is that it’s now a city divided between darkness and light… above Times Square it’s easy to imagine everything is completely back […]

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