In the 5 months that I have lived in NYC, I have not spent many of my weekends here (cue a raised-eyebrow “You don’t say?” from my co-workers, who often see me lugging my weekend travel bag into the office on Fridays). In fact, I can probably count the number of weekends on one hand. [...]

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Ever since I made the decision to move back to RI from NYC, I have been putting a little list together in my head of Only-In-New-York things I MUST do before leaving. One of those things - attending an event at Madison Square Garden - is already taken care of for me!

I am so excited [...]

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So, in news that’s probably not surprising to absolutely anyone who knows me (and definitely not surprising to those who already know)… I’m leaving NYC and moving back home to Rhode Island.
It was a decision that was both not at all and very difficult to make, and yet one I am absolutely at peace with.
It’s [...]

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Ever since I made the decision to try to spread my cooking wings, I have been making a noble satisfactory valid effort to step out of my comfort zone in the kitchen. (Remember, my “comfort zone” was right about at you-just-can’t-get-any-worse-than-this, so there really wasn’t anywhere to go but up.)
The turkey/rice wrap and omelette I [...]

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As I ride from NYC to Providence on the 4:30 PM *scheduled* bus that finally departed Port Authority at 5:20 PM, I am once again reminded that, while it is possible to travel from one city to the other, it is most often impossibly difficult.
I don’t have a car in the city, so these are [...]

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I logged a lot of miles last year, training for my first marathon.
I started training months and months before the day of the race. Short runs turned to long runs turned to longer runs. Mild temperatures turned to freezing temperatures turned to warmer temperatures.  Long-sleeved shirts and headbands turned to long pants and gloves and [...]

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