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Walking Manhattan: Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, the Flower District and the Garment District

05.18.2012

We sat at the counter and thoroughly enjoyed our tamales, fried plantains and the waitress flirting with her body-builder customer. All in Spanish, of course.

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Walking Manhattan: Central Park

05.11.2012

It finally hit me that this dream had actually come true. If for some reason I had to leave tomorrow, this experience will have already exceeded my expectations.

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The MidLifeBlogger Buys a Bathing Suit

05.09.2012

The fact is that my figure flaws are exaggerated, exacerbated, and made paramount by the wearing of a swim suit.

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Walking Manhattan: From the East River to the Hudson

05.07.2012

I just couldn’t stop. Looks like I walked a total of 60+ blocks today.

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Walking Manhattan: Gay Pride

04.30.2012

Once thing I love about New Yorkers is that they are open to differences, they embrace change and they celebrate personal freedom.

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Walking Manhattan: a thirty day diary

04.28.2012

So my first walk was in my own neighborhood, the West Village. This was a great neighborhood to start in because it’s so diverse.

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Reinventing The Wheel

04.23.2012

This message, my subconscious, spoke to me so clearly I could hardly get through the words without crying. ‘Go. Get off this hamster wheel. Go get some fresh air, a new outlook on life. Go get some exercise, refresh your career, re-charge your spirit. Take time to re-focus. You need some fresh air and some clean water.’

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Minding Mother Nature

02.20.2012

by John Ptacek of  On Second Thought When you go to a movie, you willingly suspend your beliefs for an hour or two. I’m only asking you to suspend them for a few minutes. This has to do with your happiness, so do pay attention. You don’t exist. At least not in the way you [...]

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Random Progressive Thoughts on Watching the GOP Pick Their Candidate

02.08.2012

by Mark Paxson of King Midget Ramblings The power of money and the development of Super PACs since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision continue the distortion of our democratic electoral process. It is remarkable that President Obama has raised over $200 million already and that Super PACs aligned against him will raise much more than [...]

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I Was a MidLife Runaway

02.03.2012

My plan was to write about my life, or write a book, or accidentally be discovered by someone connected to Oprah.

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