In three weeks, we will be leaving the city we’ve called home since 2006. It feels like a permanent move, although in this day and age, I’m not sure how long permanent really is. I’ve picked up and moved far, far away twice in my life. The first time was in the summer of 1995, [...]
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What does one do the day before a half marathon? Scope out the route in the morning… Stop to smell the flowers and pick up a chocolate chip hazelnut muffin… Go to the market as usual and stock up for nutrition after the run…and celebrate the first Honey Crisp apples of the season [...]
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Ever since the start of September, I’ve felt slightly shell-shocked about how quickly another summer went by. I remember moaning and groaning last summer about all the rain we got on the weekends, and going through a long winter after Christmas last year, wishing for an early spring. When the first strawberries hit the farmer’s [...]
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Since we got Alex a bike last year for his birthday, he’s been bugging me to buy one. (I should’ve seen that one coming before suggesting a bike for him.) Since Julia was in the market for a bike, too, we went to Chinatown on Friday after brunch for some serious (stolen) bike shopping. Seriously, [...]
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