Love In The Time of Corona/COVID-19: The Privilege of Rage.
There’s only so many ways I can write this. 8 months ago when my late grandfather felt a fever come on, he asked me whether to visit an ER that I knew was already overwhelmed and running out of beds. I told him to wait instead so I could first send him a pulse ox....
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Love In The Time Of Corona/COVID-19: The Second Wave
I told you there always will be a next wave. It was only a matter of time — Here in NYC we’re now better at screening and treating for COVID-19, but crisis fatigue means far fewer people care. More non-COVID emergencies are mixing in with the COVID crowd so patient...
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Love In The Time Of Corona/COVID-19: A COVID Birthday & Thanksgiving
6 days ago on my birthday, I was having dinner with a few friends who simply wanted to catch up before a possible 2nd NYC lockdown; none of them knowing that it was my birthday at the time. I was okay with that; I guess as you get older — especially during a...
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Return To Travel Project Phase 2: Five Days of Freediving Mag Bay by Puerto San Carlos
Unforgettable photos like these above were taken by my travel buddy on the trip Pier Nirandara. On the shores of Magdalena Bay in the Pacific Ocean -- far from the reaches of COVID-19 -- there lies an isolated and remote fishing village called Puerto San...
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Return To Travel Project Phase 2 (COVID-19): First Flight To Baja California Sur
TLDR;Weigh the opportunity cost of travel (as a frontline healthcare worker I may burn out/can't take care of anyone safely if I don't recharge appropriately...and I have taken practice steps with small domestic trips before leaping on a trip abroad) Leave from a low...
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Love In The Time Of COVID-19: The Flu Shot
TLDR PSA (look how serious I am); Get the flu shot. While getting the shot may not entirely prevent you from catching flu, it’ll still dramatically decrease your chances of accidentally infecting or killing others (like grandma), or ironically dying from flu yourself....
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You’re Going To Miss … The Great USA
Photos courtesy of Raubern Totanes and yours truly.By tradition and in the spirit of this very road trip across America (twice!) I write the following in a stream of consciousness Jack Kerouac style — so please forgive all run-ons and typos. Press play and read the...
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Zephyr-initely a Trip to Remember — From SF to NYC on Amtrak: The California Zephyr & Lake Shore Limited
Day 1: Emeryville, CA "Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." After we returned from LA yesterday night at 11pm, we turned in at our lodgings situated immediately next to the Emeryville...
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Where Are We Next?
