My Dog is Chelsea

It all started last October, when my mother, her boyfriend, my brother, and I were out to celebrate my mother’s birthday. It was a nice restaurant — one that Tim and Nina Zagat would rate well — but like all new joints with an up-and-coming chef, it was dimly lit and just [...]

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I was leafing through the Learning Annex — er, let me start again. I was walking Chelsea, and realized I forgot bags to clean up after her, so I yoinked a few issues of the Learning Annex — because what is the Learning Annex good for, after all, if not for picking up dog poo?
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Aside: The other morning, Chelsea and I took a nice, long stroll through the park. The sun, half-poking through the clouds, illuminated the pink of the cherry blossoms and glow of the daffodils. “This is why I love New York in the spring,” I thought to myself as I admired the blooming flowers. Then I [...]

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Spring is wonderful — the time of year when everyone is happy simply because their thawing limbs no longer require several layers of insulation. It is the one season, at least in New York, where the weather is consistently nice: sunny days, warm air, tolerable humidity. In a mere month, this place will be dripping [...]

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Dear me. It seems that my life has taken a 180 degree turn in the last few weeks, and I’m not sure if I should be excited or terrified. In any case, I’m going to Santa Fe, and I’m leaving in a few weeks. By a “few weeks,” I mean that I only have two [...]

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