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OPINION: The Street Sweeper Should Be Allowed to Eat Your Car

The street sweeper. The highlight of any New Yorker’s Thursday and/or Friday mid-morning to early afternoon. Maybe they do it other days and times in other neighborhoods, I don’t know. The highlight of any city-liver’s week, I’m sure. There’s nothing better than watching a big truck with a big brush attached to it come by and slurp up all the trash, leaves, and other detritus … Continue reading OPINION: The Street Sweeper Should Be Allowed to Eat Your Car

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moving, new york

Nostalgic for the Beginning

Rolling over to the new year in 2022 meant reuniting with my girlfriend after traveling apart for the first time in two years, and then eventually both of us reuniting with our apartment and our normal life. We moved in together last February, so this will technically be the first full year we live together. Going away and coming back to each other like this … Continue reading Nostalgic for the Beginning

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new york, weather

New York City – March 12th, 2021

3:15 PM. It’s 68 degrees Fahrenheit. The first nice day we’ve felt in a while. All apartment windows open, breeze blowing through. Five days until my birthday. It’s been a day of cleaning after a week of being sick with colds. The apartment looks nice and tidy, with sunlight streaming in and turning the wood to gold. The neighborhood is calm and peaceful. No horns … Continue reading New York City – March 12th, 2021

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daily, movies, new york

Jiminy Christmas, the Moonstruck house is for sale

The problem with living in New York is that there’s an abundance of incredibly beautiful places to live all around you at all times, but they all cost as much as a seat on a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. *Googles* Okay, maybe not, but it may as well be that much when you’re a regular old working stiff, like the majority of … Continue reading Jiminy Christmas, the Moonstruck house is for sale

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covid, new york, weather

I’m pretending it’s summer today

Hi, it’s May 9th and it snowed last night. But it’s sunny enough outside, so I’m pretending it’s summer today. Forgetting and pretending can be pretty useful and necessary acts of self-care from time to time, in small doses. Luckily, I’m very good at those things, so I’m doing myself a solid and pretending it’s summer today. My space heater is doing a lot of … Continue reading I’m pretending it’s summer today

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new york, photography, the before times

I Hardly (K)New York: Brooklyn Bridge Park

My sister works in publishing. They do something called “summer Fridays,” which means they work a longer day Monday-Thursday, and then on Friday they only work until around noon. Sounds rad. So yesterday, we took advantage of that and both went to hang out at Brooklyn Bridge Park. After Thursday’s great views of Brooklyn and the two bridges, I wanted to hang out on the … Continue reading I Hardly (K)New York: Brooklyn Bridge Park

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new york, photography, the before times

I Hardly (K)New York: Two Bridges

I’ve been living in New York for a month and change. Everything at the apartment is pretty much settled, the initial shock of “shit, I live in New York City” has let up, and a feeling of normalcy is returning. Now I’m at a point where life feels pretty stable and normal again, but I still don’t really feel like I know this place! I … Continue reading I Hardly (K)New York: Two Bridges

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