Ex-blog

Posted by | September 29, 2008
How is New York feeling?

At Dumbo Art Fest yesterday, I ran into a friend I haven't seen in close to six years. Back then, we were part of a crowd that gathered around a...

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Posted by | September 21, 2008
Riding the G train…

As I was riding the G train back from a Greenpointe party last night, an ad for Dentyne chewing gum caught my attention. Somehow it felt like a follow-up to...

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Posted by | September 19, 2008
The woes of virtual world

I've been run over by the 21st century in the last few days. It got me thinking about virtual travel, virtual friendship, virtual love, virtual sex and all those virtualities...

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Posted by | September 12, 2008
Why I love New York

I've been back in New York for exactly a week now and it feels great! So I thought I'd share my week's events through people I met, events I attended,...

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Posted by | September 8, 2008
New York, New York

So here I am again, in the city of all cities - New York, New York. I've been away for exactly seven months, the longest stretch of absence from my...

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Posted by | August 25, 2008
Šipan Island near Dubrovnik

I just returned from a five-day solo hideaway on Šipan Island near Dubrovnik. I've heard about it through several friends who all brought up the island as one of the...

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Posted by | August 15, 2008
Top ten things to eat in Croatia

Yesterday, as part of a family summer tradition, we made a dinner outing to a nearby roadside restaurant that specializes in lamb and suckling pig. This inspired me to think...

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Posted by | August 7, 2008
Once upon a time in Croatia…

The long silence on the blog has been due to, finally, a holiday! After a few days with old friends on the beautiful island of Korčula, where life was all...

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Posted by | July 30, 2008
Looking for Africa in Lisbon

I'm cheating, I admit. Since I'm crazy busy preparing for a much-needed holiday (the lovely Adriatic, here I come!), I've decided to recycle my own work and post a link...

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Posted by | July 24, 2008
The mines of Bolivia

I am not writing this from Bolivia. But in my mind, it is 2002 and I'm in this landlocked country, on a five-week research trip for The Rough Guide to...

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