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Brooklyn Bridge Park
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back in NYC after 6 months happily lost in London. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Plotting my next adventures.
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“A ‘Buzz’ in Bermondsey”: One of my favorite spots in London over the weekends. The NY Times just did a slideshow of the area. They left out the tiny, nearby Saturday Maltby Street market and amazing Monmouth Coffee roastery, which I continue to miss greatly from NYC. So far, no new coffee shops I’ve been seeking out in NYC come close. Nice to see the mention of Lovely & British. I purchased earrings there in December and get compliments every single time I wear them. Wish I knew who designed the pair.
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DeKalb Market, Brooklyn
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I saw Tribeca Film Festival pick ASAD today. Director Bryan Buckley’s description of his experience creating an authentic fable-like story of Somalian refugees was captivating. Read about it in Fast Co. Create.
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This evening after work I attend a “Tweetup” at the South Street Seaport Museum. It recently reopened and is being managed by the Museum of the City of New York, where one of my friends works. I lived on Wall Street 14 (14!) years ago and don’t recall ever realizing that there was a museum south (or is it east?) of me. Apparently, it’s been around a long time.
I didn’t get to spend too much time exploring though I saw enough to plan a return trip. There’s a Ship Breaking exhibit on the third floor containing photos from Chittagong, Bangladesh. Look closely and you’ll see tiny human figures and many, many footprints near the vast ships (and ship remains). The Manhatta exhibit showed the NYC that Henry Hudson likely saw in 1609; the entire island was lush green. On the same floor is an Occupy Wall Street photo exhibit, containing images captured by a variety of photographers from amateurs to professionals. This was especially interesting for me to see, as I wasn’t in NYC during the Occupy movement last fall and hadn’t spent too much time keeping track via the news.
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"Round the Girdled Earth I Roam"
Meet Emily Unger ‘11, a fellow Dartmouth alum. She’s traveling the world for the next two months to meet with and tell the stories of Dartmouth students and alums living, learning, and working all over. What an incredible gig!
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Matt Green’s “Just Walkin’”
Matt Green is my Wndrlost hero. According to this New York Times article and video, he recently walked across the United States and is now walking every single street in NYC — all five boroughs. Check out his site, I’m Just Walkin’ and find Day 1 here. I love Matt’s description of his quest:
The excitement of New York, and the whole world for that matter, is that there’s always something else to see, no matter how long you’ve been around. To me it is profoundly encouraging to think of how many secrets will still lie undiscovered after I’ve walked every last one of these goddamned streets. At its core, my walk is an oxymoron: an exhaustive journey through an inexhaustible city.
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Rooftop lounging at sunset
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This is a photo from my post-Christmas trip to Ghent. I would’ve missed this clever pun of a place had it not been for my brother’s father-in-law, Bill, who pointed it out. Posting it on 3/14 is clearly a no brainer.
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March 11 would’ve been my grandmother’s 96th birthday. She did a fine job of passing on her obsession with chocolate to me, and so I stopped off at The Chocolate Bar in her honor. Given the unseasonably warm weather, I went for liquid chocolate and took the delightful drink to my building’s roof. No doubt she would’ve approved and probably encouraged me to pick up some chocolate bars as well.
