Category: Place
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The Statue of Liberty: Paywalled
The Battery is the best place to view Lady Liberty but America’s most meaningful monument has been put behind walls. I’m left wondering, is America for sale? In the land of freedom for all, do we have to pay to ride?
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NYC Travel Log: Poetic Prose Edition
Visiting NYC for the first time I had many feelings. Walking out of my Pod hotel, every sense was assaulted by smells, noises, and blatant human suffering – but still, there’s just something about New York City.
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Wabi-Sabi
Tokyo is a half-and-half city. Its land mass is huge; its ramen shops are counter space only. Big roads, no cars. Interactions are very polite and at the same time withdrawn. Everything is one-way and then another. The most fun opposition is an aesthetic called “wabi-sabi”. This idea is not unique to Japan. France has…
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Rules
Tokyo has an oppressive number of signs. But as I found out, telling people the rules can be a kindness.
Small Words 