Life
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Family Fun Time!
This weekend and today were family-filled and full of celebrations. First, I spent Saturday and Sunday celebrating the wedding of my cousin Jennifer to her lovely husband Dawson, then returned to attend my brother Bill's graduation(cum laude – smartypants!) from Brooklyn Law School today. It was great to spend time with my many cousins, aunts
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Two Sides to Every Coin
I was having a conversation with a friend this weekend about how recently she witnessed a couple having what she described as a "vicious fight" on the street. Her reaction? "I thought to myself, sometimes it's really great being single." Similarly, I had a conversation with someone recently about how easy it is to be
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My Eye: A Poem for the Day
My eye, My eye,Why oh whydo you make me cry?And you feel so dry.I tryto get byAnd then I realize this is why I constanty sighthat I should wear my glasses to work.Moron.
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Desire
On my current wishlist: Galaxy Tab Olympus E-PL2 camera Fancy-pants new bike TBD Dinner at é by José Andrés while I'm in Vegas Bike trip in Europe in August/September December trip to Thailand New mattress That all said, I can't have it all. May end up with none of it, and use the money towards
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Weekend Wrapup
Shrimp boil & sazeracs on Friday, spin class and brunch at Prune with Kim on Saturday followed by a nap, The Social Network, and a relaxing evening, Sunday Metallica/Black Sabbath lesson, reading, writing, then Easter dinner at Lauren's followed by more writing. This Jew had quite a bit of pork and shellfish during this fine
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Spring Cleaning
Just in case you didn't notice, I've done a little spring cleaning here at Sweet Blog o' Mine. I cleaned out (and am still updating) my blogroll, did a little redesign, and removed some redundant links, etc. I hope you like it! Now if I could just do the same thing with my clothes and
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Spring Has Sprung
I know this because I've got hyacinths on my dining table, the trees are in bloom, it was 80 degrees yesterday, I've got my first spring shoe blister, and I've had my first ramps, rosé, and Cadbury Creme Egg of the season. I've been waiting for you . . .
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Sammy the Snake
I am having way too much fun following @BronxZoosCobra on Twitter: "Leaving Wall Street. These guys make my skin crawl. #snakeonthetown" And in related news, does anyone remember this?
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Dear Winter,
With all due respect, please fuck off. I'm done with you. I'm over you like a bad boyfriend. Go back to the Southern hemisphere where you belong right now, because I'm ready to run and bike outside without bundling up, my toes are gasping for air and sunshine, and there's outdoor drinking and eating to
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Pro Bono Rocks!
See? Our menu says so! Once again I had a wonderful visit to DC for the annual Pro Bono Institute and a visit to our DC office. I also, as usual, managed to eat and drink quite well while I was down there. Wednesday night was a lovely Indian dinner at Rasika, Thursday was a huge