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Postcard from an epic Empire State sunset

This has been a weird week. I just moved back into my place in Williamsburg after waiting out Sandy on the Upper East Side with a friend: we were lucky in that we had a very "boring" hurricane with  neither of our homes losing power or being flooded....
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Chinatown and Little Italy with Ahoy! New York Food Tours

It's no secret that I love to eat--and noodles, whether Chinese or Italian, are probably one of my favorite meals. So I was stoked to take a NYC food tour of Little Italy and Chinatown with Ahoy New York Tours and Tasting. The owner Alana Hoye...
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Postcard from Morningside Heights

When I moved to New York City, Renee and I sublet an apartment from a Columbia student in Morningside Heights. I figured a month would be enough time for me to get a feel for the city, find a job, find an apartment--and it pretty much...
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Why I’m finally giving in to fixed life envy

As soon as I said I was moving to New York, my friends and family seemed to breathe a giant sigh of relief. Right, she’s finally settling down. Maybe it’s across the country, but it’s in the country. Good, it’s time for you to get a real job. At...
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A French woman’s view of NYC

I doubt there's an account of an American woman braving a year in Paris or Provence that I haven't read. Before I embarked on a similar journey, I lived vicariously through these memoirs of falling in love with the French lifestyle (and perhaps a...
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