3
Oct
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photo credit: the_vampire_hanna
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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Tags: all-night dance-a-thon, boston, cape cod, computer baby, connecticut wedding, D.C., firstborn, florida, good traveler, jamaica, mac, mind and memory, mini cooper, mommy, mommy and baby, montauk, separation anxiety, washington
11
Sep
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photo credit: St Stev
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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Tags: agatha christie, amtrak, cape cod, function water, penn station, plane travel, smartwater, tea and crumpets, train travel, trains vs. planes, twilight series, unemployment travel, venti starbucks
10
Sep
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photo credit: My Standard Break From Life
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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Tags: audrey hepburn casual, b train, bird, cape cod, fall, family vacation, gruner veltliner, kevin gillespie, lobster roll, park slope, quickfire challenge, sid vicious hair, top chef, unemployment shopping, yukon cornelius