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Go, go, Groupon dinner!
(suddenly I’m nostalgic for the latchkey afternoons of my youth) After a long afternoon kicking around King of Prussia, The Boy and I had a hankering for Mexican (of neither the food court nor the...
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No one is more surprised than me
… that with my car suffering a heartbreaking case of end-stage transmission disease (poor, poor Gwen) … … and my bank account being a shadow of its former self, while my paychecks are being lived...
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Oh and it’s a hollow feeling, when it comes down to dealing friends
She’s a beauty (If it’s melancholy on your mind, you need The Eagles) Just two hours ago, I handed over the keys to Gwen. There is a coupe-sized hole in my heart. I knew I couldn’t afford to fix her...
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Thanks muchly, near-capacity zoo parking lot!
Because without you, we wouldn’t have had to change our plans and spend a really enjoyable afternoon at Valley Forge National Historical Park. It’s hard to believe that this thing I’ve read about in...
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How did you celebrate National Burger Day?
Which was allegedly last week. (Another one of those made-up holidays? Yup, probably. But it worked.) We ended up at Sketch Burger, a funky little joint down in Fishtown, Philadelphia’s next...
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A most triumphant evening
80s movies = rad. Science = way cool. 80s movies + science = !@#$’in awesome. So it was that The Boy and I (well, mostly I) donned our best oversized, novelty button–bedecked jackets; friendship...
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Hot town, summer in the city
And it’s not just the back of my neck that’s feeling dirty and gritty. How have you been weathering the heat wave that’s been smothering much of us for most of the past few weeks? The Boy and I have...
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Book Report: Common Prayers
Alternate title: “Not Another Book on Interfaith Stuff!” When I stumbled upon Harvard theologian Harvey Cox’s Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian’s Journey Through the Jewish Year at Big...
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… and I feel (not quite) fine
I don’t know what spirits comprise the end of the world. But I do know what it tastes like. And that is, surprisingly sweet and pretty for such desolation. Yesterday, two of us summer babies who went...
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Book Report: Wild
So my book club finished with this memoir over 2 months ago. And I read it along with them, after picking it up in an airport shop. (I know, how much more cliche could I get?) But despite the enormous...
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