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Take Me Home, Country Road… or Railroad.
Because we were traveling by train from San Francisco all the way back to New York. Are there any cool train songs? Just a fleeting thought. Anyway, in my last post, I wrote about our time in the Golden City, so today I’ll start where I left off. At the train station. We decided to Continue reading
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Tenderloin, the Best Part of Town
The time had finally come. Vacation! Flying! West coast! New adventures! Heck Yeah! I had been looking forward to this for so long. For a while, it seemed like I’d be going alone, but then Nordic Beauty decided to join me, and together we started planning weeks ahead. Sunshine C. didn’t come with us; she Continue reading
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Everyone is hot. And possibly on drugs. Welcome to Manhattan.
I have visited the city several times since arriving in America, but besides the Halloween party, I was never there at night. Clubbing is not really my forte; I don’t feel all that comfortable being surrounded by so many people. But I enjoy dancing, which is how the girls persuaded me to go. “Let’s go Continue reading
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Not every day is a big deal kind of day.
Some days are just boring and regular. It is so easy to feel bad about our lives, especially nowadays, with the never-ending stream of perfection on social media. It was much easier a few years ago when this whole social media bubble was just starting. I am not going to be a Debbie Downer here Continue reading
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Philly Cheesesteak and One Hell of an Offer
After the craziness of the previous few weeks, I concentrated more on the things that really mattered: friendships. And there was one friend I had been neglecting. Mr. FoodAdventure A. was always in the background; we never completely lost touch and kept talking over the phone. But during the winter, we didn’t spend any time Continue reading