Tag Archives: upper east side

A Week in the Life: Letters Unsent Saturday

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Back in Manhattan: My life in the States is comparatively less glam than my life abroad.  Not that the real-time elements of travel are particularly sexy — because when you are living them, I will admit that they are interesting, … Continue reading →

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Answered Unquestioned

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

In the continuing spirit of me serving not as a role model or an example, rather as a horrible warning to you all, I should tell you about how I “celebrated” Mothers Day with my friend JM.  JM is Miss … Continue reading →

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An Englishman in New York

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Another day; another hour of sitting in the British Airways lounge at JFK. This has all become an exercise in existential roadwarriorism. Why am I here; where is this next flight taking me?  What are we doing?  I always look … Continue reading →

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Done…Another Tutorial From Hell

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

I hate to say I hate something, but as the world well knows, I HATE PEEPS. I loathe them. They are disgusting.  They are only useful as a craft supply; they are not fit for human consumption.  So if you … Continue reading →

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The No Good, Very Bad Day

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Over the last month, I think almost everything that could’ve gone wrong with me has gone wrong.  For instance: Sunburn.  Horrible side effects from medication.  Nausea.  Vomiting.  Dry mouth.  All of those horror stories you hear listed in the disclaimer … Continue reading →

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All This

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

I had brunch with a friend from California today, insofar as I could brunch.  But that’s a different story.  My friend had lived in New York for a year before returning to the place from whence he came.  From whence … Continue reading →

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Seven Year Itch

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

To get back into the writing groove, I signed up for the Scintilla project.  Learn more here. Prompt 3: What’s the story of the most difficult challenge you’ve faced in a relationship? Did you overcome it? What was the outcome? … Continue reading →

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Terrible Twos

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Winesday turned two this past week.  Given my abject fear of commitment, and my inherent ability to screw up intimate relationships, this was no small feat. The origin of Winesday is a pretty ordinary tale — Miss Mal, Kate and … Continue reading →

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The Furniture

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

He’ll like you.  You’re a helluva piece of furniture – Charleton Heston, Soylent Green I think I am, unbeknownst to me, giving off some kind of pheromone that is attracting the North American/Northern European Preppy Manchild.  (The Europeans wouldn’t use … Continue reading →

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Bummer of a Birthmark, And Other Stories

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Meanwhile, back in the land of my waning fertility, the blind date was finally scheduled.  For tonight. By text message on Monday and Tuesday, I talked Taylor out of the Peach Pit.  While that would’ve been a funny story, there … Continue reading →

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