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Day 4: At The Theatre
I had a terribly difficult time waking up today, even worse than usual and that’s saying something pretty dramatic, reader. I didn’t come halfway across North America to sleep in, so, much as it pained...
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THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #75
LOVE: Penny Dreadful: Readers, I am obsessed with a new show. I didn’t intend to watch this one and in fact I already gave it up. I watched the first two minutes of Penny Dreadful, but I couldn’t get...
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Holiday Wish List 2014
It’s already the holiday season, and I am having trouble believing that 2014 went by so quickly. We all say the same thing every year, though. I hope that time slows down. I enjoy life, and I’d prefer...
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Why Don’t You? #59
Monday: Why don’t you open a detective agency and solve mysteries all day? I think it would be marvelous to go off on an investigation and wear fashionable sunglasses and sit in a shady car while you...
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The Hottest Mess on Pennsylvania Avenue
I am still reeling as I write this. The events of this day were so remarkable and so unexpected that I’m not sure I’ll ever feel completely normal again. It was, I think, the greatest day of my life. I...
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Things I Loved This Week #102
“Barefoot in Paris” Cookbook: I have a dark confession, reader. Ina Garten has reached the Martha Stewart level in my mind. This is a shocking and stunning development that I never expected, but the...
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A Parisian in America
Before I go anywhere, I know exactly where I’m going, how to get there, and what I’m going to wear. It’s all part of the preparations that make me a successful traveler. I like to be spontaneous, but...
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #161
LOVE: Turbans: I don’t remember when my passion for turbans began. It was long before one was wrapped around my head on the Giza plateau when I rode a camel around the Great Pyramids. I remember seeing...
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Why Don’t You? #136
Monday: Why don’t you find some weird new exercise routine so that you have a little fun while you’re miserable? I keep forgetting I have this ab roller machine that I hate, but it’s a unique and...
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #178
LOVE: War Paint: When I visited New York City last month, I had a single goal in mind: give Glenn Close a standing ovation for her performance in Sunset Boulevard. That was most certainly accomplished....
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #186
I’m back from my whirlwind summer, dear reader, gird your loins for an onslaught of postings! LOVE: Boxed Wine from ALDI: Since my Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, I have been furiously researching...
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NEW YORK CITY: Art Ho in the City
Day dawned, and with it came the horrible revelation that the blizzard had arrived. Lenor was wrong and the city was coated in a layer of white, fluffy, satanic snow. I am completely opposed to this...
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NEW YORK CITY: Theatre Queens
I could hardly get out of bed the next morning, which is hardly unusual. I’ve never met a morning I’ve been eager to greet. My body was worn out after yesterday’s journey through town, but I was...
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #193
LOVE: Something Rotten: I love the theatre. Whenever I’m in New York City, I see as many plays as I can. If I lived there, I would blow all my cash on play tickets and pizza and chocolate chip cookies...
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WHY DON’T YOU? #192
Monday: Why don’t you go to the theatre and see whatever is playing? I live close to Des Moines, and there are a surprisingly diverse variety of options. There is nothing quite so satisfying as an...
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #241
LOVE:Dark Chocolate Reese’s Thins: Growing up, I thought peanut butter was fairly gross. I liked it spread on a cracker, but that was literally it. I remember two things very vividly from preschool,...
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #243
LOVE: Pierre Hermé in New York City: It is embarassingly passé now, but I’m obsessed with macarons. I learned how to make them at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris as a student and worked diligently to perfect...
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