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Living with Monkeys
My friend had a baby recently. It's their first child and her and her husband are beaming new parents, scared to death and doing everything by the book and asking for advice but not really meaning it. I remember those days. I remember taking Jack to the doctor because he was crying with wind and I remember asking the doctor how to clean his ears and he said kindly "with a cotton swab, like you do yours".So tonight we went to visit the new family and take over a baby gift. They grilled some...
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I'll start watching TV again...
... when American Idol has "Rolling Stones Week" and somebody does this tune:I'd settle for an "American Idol Out-takes" show in which someone dedicates that song to Simon Cowell and gets kicked off the program. That person would be my "American Idol."
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doctor visit
so, pretty much without warning, my cold or flu returned with a vengeance early Monday morning. I awoke with a sore throat. At first I thought it might be because I smoked a couple of cigs Sunday but no...by afternoon, my fever, sneeze, coughs were in full bloom.I decided to wait and see how it progressed. I hoped because I had been sick before maybe this was just a few leftovers. Tuesday was my date for the eye doctor, but coincidentally ... the doctor rescheduled due to a personal...
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Thandelike: #Boston tweeps: urban narratives event "The Places We Go: Tales of voyage and discovery" Mar22 http://bit.ly/cPMWWi
Thandelike: #Boston tweeps: urban narratives event "The Places We Go: Tales of voyage and discovery" Mar22 http://bit.ly/cPMWWi
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A Port of Call
Being 125 kms from the ocean, one would hardly expect a city to be a major port. Portland's name is a bit of a misnomer as it was a rumoured winner of a coin toss. It could have very well been named Boston! A progressive "green" attitude is fueled by it's relatively young population. Home to the smallest park in the world, the largest bookstore in the US and the largest concentration of breweries in the US, Portland is a bit of a surprise. The 29th most populated city in the US, to me, was...
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Breaking News
Shamelessly poached from my work inbox... Hongkongers will no longer have to trek all the way over to Shenzhen to get their dose of American Apparel! Unfortunately, the retailer isn't officially coming to our town with a flashy flagship store (why not' I don't know) but at least on April 9, we can all head down to Lane Crawford at IFC for the American Apparel pop-up store, open until May 11, featuring threads for women, men, children and yep, pets too. My first question was whether the markup...
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Happy Green Day
I'd like to tell Germany that today was St. Patrick's Day. It doesn't appear that anyone here noticed. :) Not that it's a huge holiday or anything, but at least America tries to milk some decorations and cards out of the day. I didn't see anything here that was shamrock-y or leprechaun-ish... no pots of gold or green beer either. :) Perhaps I wouldn't have remembered either if it wasn't written on my American calender.Like a good American mother I dressed my children in green... but had...
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The wearing of the green
Last weekend we went to visit friends for a St. Patrick's Day party. This is not a 'holiday' I have ever really celebrated before - though I did go to the St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston the year that I was dating a bloke who grew up there. True to stereotype, there was much drinking involved before, during, and after the parade - to the point where I was the one who drove us home at the end of the day even though he had promised he would stay sober.Americans love to decorate for the...
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Getting in to the Health System
Yesterday we nominated the local general practitioner as our doctor. We've never met him and fortunately have had no need to go to the doctor since we have been here, so we hadn't got round registering with a medical practice.Even after presenting ourselves at the cabinet (surgery) yesterday and having him sign our form from RAM, which gets sent back to them with our details for our state
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Boston Rain-Out
We spent 24 hours in Boston this past weekend to see Laura and Corey, who were in town for the Seafood Show. Boston is a 3 hour drive from us now, so it seemed a shame to miss them being so close. We booked a hotel through trusty hotwire.com, packed it up and off we went, through hour after hour of rain. We met up with Laura and Corey on Saturday afternoon at a margarita place that warmed us up, then we walked over to Quincy Market to see something quintessentially Boston, despite the rain. We...
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