Ohio Gozaimasu!
"All of life is a foreign country." Today ends nearly 5 months since my last monsoon, and 5 years since my last domestic road trip across America. Sometimes it takes a pandemic to put a life of travel on pause, but alas, even life has its rest stops. I've...
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Meet The Anti-Buddies! Preparing For Domestic Travel in the Era of COVID-19
“...and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say...
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Love In The Time Of Corona/COVID-19 — The Cassandra Complex
The Cassandra Complex - the phenomenon from Ancient Greek mythology when one’s valid warnings or concerns are disbelieved by others. We’re now literally living it. Despite having endured a crisis so visceral in NYC (or Italy, Wuhan, etc.) 4-5 months ago, and being...
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Big & Burli-ngton!
After a day and a half in Acadia that included a hike at Jordan Pool Pond this morning, we then departed to grab a quick cheesecake at Momo's Cheesecake in the town of Ellsworth. The remarkable thing is not only that this amazing piece of work is $5.50 a slice,...
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“A-cad-ia” Not, It’s Worth The Trip!
After 2 days in Portland and beginning at noon we drove up the 3 hours towards Acadia National Park, a 47,000-acre situated primarily on Maine's Mount Desert Island. About a 20 minutes' drive north of Portland, we stopped for a quick lunch at the "Famous L.L. Bean...
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From Wall Street To Maine Street
After nearly 3 days in Rhode Island, we head onwards to my first time ever setting foot in Maine.While the COVID rates here have remained low like the rest of the Northeast, they're not quite containing it as well as NYC, CT or Rhode Island... But luckily for us...
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Let’s Hit The “Rhode” Island
I’ve been posting regularly for weeks about what’s going on in and outside of NYC regarding COVID-related ups and downs, but after 3 months sheltering in place I feel it’s time for me peek above these fences and see for myself.My dreams (already crazy & turbulent...
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Love In The Time Of Corona/COVID-19 — Lockdowns & Phase Two
Phase 2 of our reopening has begun, and with our infection rates continuing to decline here in NYC, the irony is not lost on me that profound changes happened to us even when we were trapped in stasis.During the past 3 months since March 20th — the country’s longest...
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Where Are We Next?
