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Anna Quindlen and Me

05.23.2012

She wasn’t the prettiest, the thinnest, the most popular girl but she was really smart and seriously focused and as ambitious as any of the guys. These were the heady days of feminism after all. Anna was a sister.

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Walking Manhattan: Harlem, Grant’s Tomb, Katz’s Deli

05.21.2012

by Lisa Weldon of reSoulin’ my dancing shoes My sister and daughter are in town today. Will take a few days off and post only quick thoughts. To start our day, Michele and I walked down the street to find farmers, bakers, and beekeepers setting up a fresh market. Peaches, cherries, raspberries, freshly baked breads and [...]

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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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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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Monday Thoughts on Money, Capitalism and Morality

04.09.2012

And when did the fact of being successful in business become such a vaunted American trait?

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MidLifeBloggers: Defining the Brand

03.12.2012

So if I’m a brand and parenting is not a part of my brand, then what and who and why am I?

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When A Loved One is Ill and The Hospital Seems Not To Care

02.27.2012

Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is extremely difficult. Dealing with the medical profession is almost just as difficult.

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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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