Place
“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Lonely Tokyo
Tokyo… A liminal place full of quiet spaces?
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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…
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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…
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A Little Story from Buffalo
Sometimes you encounter friends in the most uncomfortable situations.
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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…
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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.
Travel represents a chance to expand our horizons and challenge ourselves in the unfamiliar. When we are away from home, we are forced to navigate the unknown geography of someone else’s roads, customs, and culture. It’s not about the coordinates of our destination, it’s about being in “another place.” Any place will do.
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Death Becomes Her: A Review
Join me in roasting this raunchy 1992 dark comedy starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis!
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You Are What You Read
Dan speed-read over 3,000 books during his life and meticulously recorded every one of them. Now he’s a social media star.
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Let’s Talk About SEX and Libraries
If you didn’t read “SEX” in a funny voice, then you don’t know me at all. Libraries are taking the heat for having explicit material on the shelves. So let’s talk about SEX, libraries, and…
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