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Esperanto, NYC
Posted on October 23, 2012 6 Comments
Despite traveling to cities all over the world, New York remains my favorite! Last month I spent four amazing days in NYC. Of course it flew by entirely too fast, but I made the most of it. I arrived on a friday evening, and met up Mike, Robyn, and Tash. After dinner we made our […]
New traditions for 9/11
Posted on September 11, 2012 Leave a Comment
It’s hard to believe that eleven years have passed since the atrocities that took place on September 11th 2001. I was a graduate student in Baltimore, learning how to pour my first Western blot that morning, when the laboratory radio announced that a plane had hit one of the Twin Towers. At first everyone thought […]
Naked before the camera
Posted on August 9, 2012 10 Comments
One of the best things about living on the Upper East Side of New York was the close proximity to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met played an integral part of my Sunday Funday routine, honed to perfection over the course of four years with my UES neighbor, Tash. We share a love of […]
My first opera: Satyagraha
Posted on December 2, 2011 3 Comments
Last summer, before my friend Jenn moved to the west coast, we came up with a “local” bucket list. Basically a list of things that we’ve always wanted to see or do here in New York, but just never got around to doing. One of the things on my list was seeing an opera at […]