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She was buxom, plump – altogether about 100 pounds too heavy. She wore faded black leggings and a black fitted t-shirt. Her softness spilled out despite the black spandex trying to hold in her body. She sat with her arms crossed on the uptown train to somewhere. Her blonde frizzy curls were piled sloppily into a lazy bun on the top of her hair. She wore thick-rimmed black and white cat-shaped glasses which minimized her blue eyes. Black flip-flops revealed toes that never saw a pedicure. A si... Read Full Story
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In light of today's horrific shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, I am re-posting this -- originally posted 6 weeks ago -- originally written in 1995.I wrote Three Years Later: Survivors Reflect on the [US Holocaust Memorial] Museum when I was a senior at NYU. It is magazine feature length so these are just some clips. Read the full article here.----------Three Years Later, Survivors Reflect on the MuseumDecember 1995The steel doors are framed by thick bolts and when they slam ... Read Full Story
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It wasn’t until my third summer in my apartment that I really started enjoying the luxury of a New York City balcony. By balcony I mean fire escape. But it’s a special fire escape – it has a concrete base so no tightrope maneuver necessary to stand outside my window.Nonetheless, perched above 97th street on my very own outdoor space, I get high as my senses happily drive into overload. The sound of Reggae music competes with the birds’ choir. The sun sets beyond Central Park on the West Side ... Read Full Story
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My shit stinks too – just not in someone else’s bathroom – mostly because I won’t drop my load there. How ironic for those who know me since I won’t blink an eye at a two-hour conversation discussing the merits and different kinds of bowel movements. I’ll tell anyone who listens how my nerves send me to the bowl; tests in college, a work review, my wedding day … nothing is too scared for my stomach – or its rapid release into the porcelain god.But ever since I was young, I cannot go on public... Read Full Story
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Surrounding the fancy private school were some flowers the morning after the rain. I take photos of too many flowers but it's my blog and I'll post flowers if I want to ... Read Full Story
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One of my first-grader's favorite memories from this year was the hatching of chicks. Last week, after their first grade show, I snapped some pix of the chick-a-dees. Each class got to vote on the names for the chicks. Jake's class came up with Fluffy and Cocoa; clearly this was the week that most of the boys were out with the flu. Jake came up with the name Tony Baloney. I think that rocks way harder!Hatching in progress.This was home for 21 days.Still in the incubator waiting for si... Read Full Story
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Washington DC is iconic. It is hard and rigid shade off-white, creamish, gray. Everything is erected in the same type of marble and limestone, using similar designs and many of the buildings look like they were made from the same block of imitation Greek Legos.Aside from the population of academia (which comprise a large chunk of the residents), the city seems filled with men in suits, Hillary Clinton wannabes, homeless, political hookers, and a catch-all of government service workers. Friend... Read Full Story
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Mississippi the Turtle has lived at my house for the last 3 years. My boyfriend was going away on a trip, dropped her off and decided this would be a better home for her. So now she goes on walk-abouts in my Manhattan flat. We forget about her for a week or so sometimes and out she'll come, dragging a bunch of dust from under the couch with her.Recently we took Mississippi out on the fire escape and to Central Park. Here are some photos. The video is priceless - she braves a jump off the ... Read Full Story
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To HER on her WEDDING DAY:There’s no such thing as a perfect person – only a person that’s perfect for you. Trust yourself to know that you found him – and hold onto that trust in yourself and in each other.Remember this day and how you feel about each other. Life will be rocky and there will be days when your mind will teleport you right back to this day and you will beam with happiness and it will make it all better. Embrace every emotion.Be true to yourself. Be happy. Don’t struggle so har... Read Full Story
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I snap flowers all around ... these are from the bus stop waiting for my son to come home from school... Read Full Story
