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On Skyscrapers, and My Visit to the Eiffel Tower
There was a time when one of the manifestations of man’s search for greatness was how tall he can go with his structures. Not accepting defeat after one skyscraper from another side of the world dares...
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On Manhattan
I see it everyday — commuting to work, which is in the Bronx, and more recently, to my classes in NYU (which I will write about another time), and yet it never gets old. The city has a life all its...
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Candid at Bodrum Castle, Turkey
What do people see in us during our most unguarded moments? When we allow ourselves to just be, at our most free, one with our truth, stripped to our core, unpretentious, alone with our own thoughts,...
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Best Gelato: Dubrovnik, Croatia
I have written about the best ice cream I’ve had, so I thought this time I’d write about the best gelato. For this, we’d have to go to Croatia. I remember walking into the gates of Old Town in...
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On Comfort Zones, and A Long Ago Trip To Japan
When I was 15, I was given the opportunity to travel to Japan along with three other students and a teacher from our high school. We were being sent to a YMCA ski camp, where they were going to teach...
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Wall of Wishes
I think it is in the Max Ehrmann poem Desiderata where he says, “therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of...
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Crepes: Philly, Warwick and While Sailing the Open Seas
If you have a sweet tooth like I do, you have eaten as many crepes as I have. So when my boyfriend and I went on our Philly food tour last year and saw online that Alton Brown was on Best Thing I Ever...
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Parasailing (aka the day I felt I was Flying)
One of my most memorable experiences was parasailing at Belmar Beach in New Jersey. It was just a coworker and I, the sky above and the blue water below. You get started by the boat and you get lifted...
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Venice, a Wish Granted
I have always dreamt of going to Venice. I imagined being on a gondola, with the quintessential gondolier wearing the black and white striped shirt, me quietly sitting and taking in the views of the...
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Niagara and Our Tour Guide’s Big Yellow Umbrella
“A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.” – Unknown Once, to get away from our respective hectic 9 to 5’s, my friend P and I decided to take one of those tour buses that leave from...
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A Rainy Day in Athens
“How often does it storm here in Athens?” my boyfriend asks our tour guide as he drives in the pouring rain at 7:30 in the morning. “Quite often,” he says. We look at each other, then our gazes turn to...
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Pondering What People Think of When They Travel (As I Look At Photos of the...
What do you get from traveling? What do you make of your experiences, the sights, sounds, tastes and everything in between? How can people who have gone to the same exact spots walk away from them with...
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A Musical Summer
“I looked out this morning and the sun was gone Turned on some music to start my day I lost myself in a familiar song I closed my eyes and I slipped away” – Boston, More Than A Feeling It was during...
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On Creativity, and the Philly Magic Gardens
There are no limits to human creativity. If we are able to apply it for good, there is absolutely nothing we could not do. Photos taken of The Magic Gardens, during a walk through Philadelphia. Created...
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The Bluest Water One Will See
They said it’s going to be the bluest of blue waters you’ve ever seen — these words did not do it justice. Grotta Azzurra. The Faraglioni Rocks, seen during the boat ride on the way to the Blue Grotto....
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On Art
I have this daydream that I am going to one day have one of those experiences that’s a cross between Owen Wilson in “Midnight in Paris” and the late Robin Williams in “What Dreams May Come.” I...
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The Colosseum By Day and Night
I have decided to dedicate Tuesdays* to World Heritage Sites, places listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as those that have special significance,...
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Introspective on Change at the Basilica Cistern
I have been thinking about change lately. What is it that brings about the process, is it the need for it, or the time it takes, or is it the environment we all move in that forces us to be something a...
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Snapshots Saturday: Mykonos, Greece
There are those places, people, even things, that are forever ingrained in our memories, like taking snapshots of moments –capturing them into tangible representations of intangible, irreplaceable,...
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On Unexpected Discoveries
The best discoveries oftentimes are the unexpected ones, those we aren’t looking to find. Just as perfect moments happen when the timing is just right. So we live our lives, and this we discover more...
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