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Separation Anxiety

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365 Toy Project- Day 207
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Today I’m off to boxing class, and then to the Connecticut wedding of my dear friend C. and her lovely about-to-be husband S.

Punching plus nuptials. How apropro.

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In Favor of Trains

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Kita Kamakura JR Station
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On the train. This is the second time in about a month—and I have yet another trip booked via rail before September is out. Seems to be becoming a habit, perhaps for good reason—train travel is so much more convenient and relaxing and hassle-free than plane travel these days (see Airlines, Delta).

Even unemployed peoples, if you plan ahead by 14 days (hard to do being as carefree and fly-by-the-seat-of-our-unemployment-jeans as we are), but if you can manage it, tickets to Boston and Washington DC and other Northeasterly places somewhat nearish NYC are just $50 each way.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the B Train

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NYC Subway - B Train
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Oh, fall! Today I think you’re cute. A little windy, a little chill in the air…so life-affirming!

What a difference a day makes. (Also helpful: “boxing it out” with one’s trainer, a good Gruner and a lobster roll, advice from friends, and watching Top Chef—where that guy Kevin, who reminds me of boys I went to high school with and I may have a bizarre crush on despite him totally looking like, as this site points out, Yukon Cornelius, said, upon winning the Quickfire Challenge, “I was a little intimidated by that fact that some of my competitor’s food is prettier than mine and is more sophisticated, but I realized that what I do has just as much validity as what they do.”)

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