Life
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A Touch of Beauty
for this otherwise gloomy and humid day. More to be found here and at the 9th Street Community Garden on 9th St and Avenue C.
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Finding Happiness
I stumbled across a quote recently from Bob Dylan's memoir. Speaking about his wife, he said, The one thing about her that I always loved was that she was never one of those people who thinks that someone else is the answer to their happiness. Me or anybody else." This truly resonates with me. I
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Weekend Wrapup
Quiet night on the couch, early morning brick workout, errands, punch party, Mayahuel, block party, a late afternoon cold beer outside, rooftop BBQ & fireworks, oysters, mussels and a lobster roll at Pearl Oyster Bar, Toy Story, two visits to Rye House, Momofuku pork bun, chili crab goodness and leftovers from Fatty Crab. Plus friends,
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It’s 4 a.m. . . .
And I'm awake. Ugh. When I wake up in the middle of the night, it's always at 4 a.m. Always. Not sure why — some cruel joke on the part of my body clock, I suppose. I have learned that it does no good to toss and turn in bed; for me, the best thing
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Love is All We Have
more words of wisdom, courtesy of Hugh at Gaping Void.
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Working for the Weekend
Sooo looking forward to the weekend! Dinner w/Jenn D., Carrie, and the Lovely Miss Katie, then early to bed for tomorrow's BRICK workout at 7:30 (eek!). But — my reward is a trip to Blue Hill at Stone Barns with @daisy17 and @cocktailspirit. And finally, a quiet Sunday with a light run or yoga, cleaning up and
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In Your Dreams
It's kind of amazing to me how the mind works. For me, at least, there can be something on my mind, even tucked way in the back somewhere and not all that important, that WHAM, shows up in a dream. I am horrible at remembering dreams, by the way — I keep a pen/paper near
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Your Money or Your Life
It was suggested to me the other day that one of the reasons I'm currently single is that I'm too financially successful and independent, which is apparently intimidating to men. I wish I had snapped back in the moment with something appropriately witty that reflected how truly idiotic that statement was, but I think I
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San Francisco, Day 2
In a sad attempt to undo some of the caloric damage from the prior day, I started my day with a run in Golden Gate Park, which was lovely. Although Wednesday had been sort of cold and drizzly, Thursday was absolutely sunny and gorgeous. Through the magic of Facebook and Twitter, I learned that two
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Weekend Wrapup
Drinks and dinner with the beach house ladies, including several out-of-towners, breakfast with Lisa, farmers market, long and windy run, dinner w/Mom & Stephen at the bar at 11 Madison Park, cocktails with Jenn & Emilia at Louis 649, brunch with Sara and Arlan at Sweet Afton, lazy Sunday with laundry, catching up on the