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May is almost over and even though that means I have to pay my June rent and my June student loan payment, it still means summer is almost here.  This is my first post collegiate summer which means a few things- investing in some summer friendly work clothes and finding things to do in New […]

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New York City is a place of learning.  There are certain skills and trades one can learn here that are impossible to learn elsewhere.  Many of these require practice and rigorous training, while some come naturally once one makes the move and buys one  one’s first unlimited metrocard.

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Gardening was an activity my mother made me do when I was young, ie: her slave. My sister and I would receive lists of chores, mostly with the header TO DO THIS WEEK. Sometimes one of the tasks was weeding. A couple of times a summer we had to deadhead rows and […]

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Dogster is on a self-inflicted PR campaign garnering all sorts of publicity.
Check out their blog post about being on ABC News.
My feelings? I would never in a trillion billion years announce to the public that my employees are such childish burnouts that I had to put restrictions on what they can and can’t bring […]

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It’s the same every morning.
I hit up Los Amigos Deli in Long Island City for a morning cup of coffee due to its proximity to the train I take to work. And every day I order the same thing.
“Large black coffee,” I say, already nervous, knowing, shivering. “No cream, no sugar.”
I shouldn’t have singled […]

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