Quick thoughts on New York

Some thoughts on an interesting trip This was only my second time in New York City– and when I say that I mean midtown– as an adult, and the first time I didn’t stray from 34th and 8th the entire time.  A few stray thoughts. I stayed at the Hotel LOLA on 29th.  Before I…

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Paris bucket list

If you can’t give bad advice, what’s the point of giving any advice at all? Daughter Becky has a friend who is on her way to Paris for a semester abroad.  On Facebook, she was tasked with drafting a “bucket list” of things her friend had to do while she was there.  Perhaps foolishly, she…

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Staytourism

A tourist in my home town Have you ever gone on vacation somewhere and said to yourself, “wow, if I lived here, I could go to [tourist spot] all the time”?  Speaking as someone who grew up in the Boston area, worked downtown for two years–Duck Tour buses used to go by our office window…

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