My buddy Kate asked friends about their favorite books and compiled a list. Here’s the list (which I’m super excited to dive into!) and her email if you’re interested in being a part of the shared google doc. Edwind Abbott, Flatland Paul Auster, City of Glass Anthony Beevors, Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin Roberto… Continue reading Book List!
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Welcome to WordPress.com. After you read this, you should delete and write your own post, with a new title above. Or hit Add New on the left (of the admin dashboard) to start a fresh post. Here are some suggestions for your first post. You can find new ideas for what to blog about by… Continue reading Hello world!
A short story. Nonfiction.
This evening I was biking home minding my own business and following all street rules. Then out of nowhere people start yelling CUT CUT CUT I had biked onto a movie set oblivious to all the lights and people and orange cones on the sidewalk. I felt very sorry so i apologized to a man… Continue reading A short story. Nonfiction.
A HuffPo editorial in which Laurie M. Tisch addresses the food/obesity problems.
Smart investment in thoughtful strategies is a good place to start! That’s what Laurie worked with NYC to do with Green Carts a few years ago, and now the conversation continues. What do you think is a step in the right direction?A HuffPo editorial in which Laurie M. Tisch addresses the food/obesity problems.
Planning Your Life Based on Your Ideal Ordinary Week
This blog post by a friend of a friend was recently shared with me, and I found it incredibly helpful as a way of thinking ahead and not losing sight of the minutia that round out a day and also general contentment. Well worth a read, and a reread too.Planning Your Life Based on Your… Continue reading Planning Your Life Based on Your Ideal Ordinary Week
Google has a pretty great food program.
It’s free, it’s 24/7, it’s varied and delicious, and it’s supportive of health and environmental values. The only place on the campus where employees pay for food is from a vending machine. The pricing strategy is based on nutrient content, again according to the Harvard pyramid plan. For the vended products, you pay: one cent per… Continue reading Google has a pretty great food program.
This is why I love my neighborhood.
Thoughtful philanthropy + awesome drinks + fun places. Brian Floyd, bartender at The Vanderbilt, has come up with a pretty awesome method of showering local charities with much-needed gifts. Through his initiation, a loose group of NYC bartenders–The Barman’s Fund–pick specific shifts, often their first of the month, to donate all their tips to a… Continue reading This is why I love my neighborhood.
Well, I’m officially a published author.
Shouldn’t there be some sort of super-excited-feeling that goes with this?!?! I never wrote an “aftermath” post to the Find the Future game that I played back in May, because the truth is, I felt a little deflated. Unimpressed for sure. Disappointed overall. It was tricky to articulate that, because I didn’t want to pop… Continue reading Well, I’m officially a published author.
Looking west from High Line park. 8:13pm.
NYC Garbage Art by Justin Gignac. Not to encourage littering, but I’m a fan. Also, I just learned through the grapevine that he went to my high school, so that’s pretty rad.
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