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The Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Last Saturday (June 21) was the first day of summer and, as it fell on a Saturday, it was also the date of the annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island. Out of curiosity, I did a little research and found out that the parade is something of a big deal and attracts tens to […]
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Owl’s Head Park
I suppose I touched on the subject of getting a job recently. I didn’t really go into details and there isn’t any reason to now, but it does have something to do with my lack of bloggy enthusiasm lately. I work 9-6 weekdays. Ivan leaves the house shortly before 6am. If I want to get […]
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Upcycling (really) Old Books
The other day, I found myself on Etsy, scrolling through an endless page of the most darling and unique hand-crafted gifts (which pretty much defines my every visit to Etsy). I stumbled across something that piqued my interest (more so than everything else, that is). It was a word cloud of the Hippocratic Oath […]
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Discover Manhattan: The 9/11 Memorial and Chinatown
Last weekend Ivan and I made a trip to lower Manhattan to visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. First we stood in a crowd of tourists with our heads hanging back as we looked up (I mean, UP) at the World Trade Center (WTC). Before moving on to the memorial, I noticed one of […]
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The Seven Year Cake
Monday, May 26th, was Memorial Day. It was also Ivan and my seventh anniversary. I can’t really say that it seems so long ago that we were married because it just seems like we’ve always been together. When I try to remember my life before being with Ivan, I just remember being very young. We […]
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The Stop and Drop Phenomenon
Have I mentioned yet how stupendous it is to have a real, full kitchen? I say that primarily for two reasons: 1. I love cooking and 2. I spent January 2012 to December 2014 in Grenada where I had no proper stove (just a toaster oven), four cabinets in which to store my food and […]
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Babe and the Viking Parade
On Sunday, Bay Ridge hosted a Norwegian parade. As it turns out, there is a large, proud Norwegian population in the area. Also, as we live on Third Avenue, a main route in Bay Ridge, the parade marched its honking, blaring, boisterous self right in front of our windows. But, given the usual traffic noise […]
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All the Tourists Go to Manhattan
Saturday, Ivan and I went to Manhattan to check out some of the clichés. First, I want to say that I am embarrassingly proud of the both of us for making the trip without the aid of any of our more NYC-savvy friends. I say embarrassingly proud because it was actually quite simple. We jumped […]
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Third Avenue. Third Floor.
I told you I’d get around to posting proper pictures of our dwelling. Well, here you go! The master bedroom: And another angle with Babe’s unbreakable kennel and our cubby box: The guest room (very bare so far), which could be YOUR room if you come visit!!: Decorated walls (minimally) and our roof-access storage closet: […]
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At Night the Bag Ladies Take the Bottles
We’ve passed the one-week mark and, honestly, I’m almost ready to post pictures of the inside of our apartment. Almost. On Sunday afternoon and evening, John and his girlfriend, Sarah, were our tour guides. We took the subway—an entirely new experience for Ivan and me, who’ve only travelled in the London and Brussels subways. Contrary […]
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Our First Few Days
Monday at 6am, Ivan and I piled into a U-Haul (Babe in the center seat). My mom and grandma, meanwhile, loaded into my mom’s CRV (with Ajax in the back). We began our trip from Erie, Pennsylvania to Brooklyn, New York—a trip that lasted almost ten hours. By 8pm that evening, the empty U-Haul was […]
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