My Dog is Chelsea

There are a lot of Ray’s Pizza places in New York. So many that searching “Ray’s Pizza” in the Yellow Pages returns 38 hits in Manhattan alone. There are three locations in the immediate neighborhood surrounding my mother’s apartment, which is almost as high as the Starbucks quotient for the area. But unlike Starbucks, where [...]

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Here’s the short version of my vacation: My father and I used to come to this pond to sail my remote-controlled sailboat. I passed by it on my walk, shortly before causing severe pain to my left foot. Day 1: Walked an excessive amount around Manhattan in flip flops, consequently injuring my foot. I’m still [...]

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Thank you all for the birthday wishes! It was a good one, indeed. Nerdy as I am, I spent it up at my old stomping ground (a sleepaway camp in Vermont) with some of my best friends in the whole world. I have lots to blog about (I’ve been “head blogging” for the last few [...]

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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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