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Somerville, MA
Friends, I have reached a milestone in my life. My name is in Urban Dictionary. Normally this wouldn't be a cause to celebrate. Not when the virtual dictionary defines every idiom and name in the...
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Nazaré, Portugal
When you've hiked in a rainless rainforest and rode through rain in the desert, "truths" that have anything to do with nature are filtered through salt in your mind. Declarations like, "It's always...
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Princeton, NJ
"You have to get on the Dinky to get to the university." I almost laughed out loud. Had I misheard the station attendant? Nope, it was right there on the rail map, "Dinky". An Ivy League college town...
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Albufeira, Portugal
Through my parents, I had heard of this magical place in Portugal where you can dive right into the ocean because the water is so warm. Where you don't have to wade in the surf joint by joint to lower...
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Québec City, Canada
Sometimes, I want winter to last forever. Yeah, yeah, it finally feels like April (A and B conversation so C your way out California... and Texas... and Florida), but hear me out. When we waddle around...
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Burlington, VT
There are so many answers to the elusive "What is love?" But here's my test: as batty as the person sleeping next to you makes you feel, you have no urge to smother them with your pillow. In fact, the...
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Montréal, Canada
In the ways Los Angeles is better than New York City, Montréal is better than Paris. But don't take my word for it. No, really, don't. 'Cause I've never been to Paris. It's just what I tell myself to...
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Cleveland, OH
How can timing be impeccable? The phrase basically implies there's only one orchestra to life on this planet, which seems silly. Still, that's not to say I don't silently revel when I'm "with the...
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Interlude
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Hint: Missed Carmen in one city, but saw Aida. And the name Carmen is as popular as Jenny in another. Also, those sienna sand dunes below is another city... If I...
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Bermuda
Well, that felt weird. Writing only one word for the title of this post. For a split second, I had a fancy to write Bermuda, Bermuda though there's no city or parish named Bermuda in Bermuda. Hold up,...
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... I know, I know, another one already?! Life is pulling (visual pun!) me in some wayward directions right now :/
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Westwood, Los Angeles, CA
Whoa, Nelly. What the hell is going on with the three-tier title for this post? Well, to knock one of my favourite hooks of the 90's, "It ain't my fault". You know how people say L.A. is a sprawling...
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Toronto, Canada
Toronto is great. Sadeis greater. I suppose this is what happens when you listen to her for three days straight, your conscious and subconscious can't think of anything else besides her lyrics. "How...
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Springfield, MA
"Oh, you're from Boston?""No, no... the forgotten half of Massachusetts, the western half."It's true, pot holes take longer to fix around these parts and public transportation is worse than L.A. for...
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Verona, Italy
One day, I'm going to invent this invention that maps out thoughts. It's going to be super cool. Like holographic and shit. The moment a word, phrase, image, or song suddenly appears in your mind, it's...
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Staten Island, NY
When people complain, I listen. And once that last drop of whine wine has been poured and had, I, wanting to help, may suggest an alternative as a solution. Often it's from my catalog of experiences,...
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Siena, Italy
My first inkling that the world was crazy was in a box of crayons. "Burnt Sienna. But what's sienna?? Why not red-brown??" Cue: grumbling nine year old. Still, it quickly became one my favourite...
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Culver City, CA
There was a time when people from New York City just said, "I'm from New York." The 'city' was implied and their borough never mentioned when few outside of the city knew how many there were let alone...
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Interlude
::cringe::I still can't believe my last post was published on August 23, 2017. Did I sink in a vessel? No. Have I been traipsing around the world? Sadly, no. Have I given up on this thing? Hells no!...
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Barcelona, Spain
You know that thing that happens after "Red punch buggy no punch back!", suddenly you see red bugs everywhere? I wonder if this is what's going with me and Barcelona, it seems like everyone I meet,...
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Duluth, MN
"I can't tell the difference between negative 5 and negative 26." My brother told me that one morning. To help you illustrate the absurd between the first and second sentence, let me remind you that...
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Oaxaca City, Mexico
Last week I told a colleague, "I wanna work from home. I wanna work from the office. I want all the options, all the time -- I want it all!" Four* consecutive sentences that begin with "I want" is my...
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Aspen, CO
My cousin and her family had moved to a small unincorporated town (i.e., so small, it doesn't need governing people to govern them) right outside of Aspen a number of years ago. I didn't understand...
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Cartagena, Colombia
Oh boy. Looks like my new average is a post a year 🙃 But what really has my mind in a bender? For a fair bit of time last year I thought I had travelled to Cartagena in 2019. My cloistered mind failed...
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Moscow, ID
These posts are rarely in real-time. Meaning, I could post about a place well after I've visited them. I have wondered if this multiverse like delay defeats the purpose of this little blog, "If a place...
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