Last week I face-planted in the Hudson River bike lanes, on the West side of Manhattan. It was late, it was dark, I was tired, it was ugly. I was on the phone, via iPod earbuds, as per usual, riding around the city. The back, off-kilter tire I’d been meaning to bring to the shop, […]
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The sh**’s hitting the fan: Burn, baby. (pretty please?) Burn.
There was a moment a week ago, I seriously considered hopping into the Hudson River. I was over it. Finished. Done. Willing to give up. It was a rough month. A month where everything I had faith in and held dear was swept away, and my frustrated, angry sack o’ cells was left spent, annihilated, […]
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Driving highway 24 to head into Berkeley, my friend called that our lunch at Café Gratitude would need to be delayed. I’ve spent a load of time in the Bay Area, but very little to none in unfamiliar Berkeley, and the first thought that popped into my head was: Ok world, what adventure do you […]
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last night at the Soho House: great men’s musts before marriage, valentine’s + love
Lazily rolling past midnight over bevvies in cut crystal, I didn’t realize it was turning to Valentine’s day as we spoke of love. In retrospect it makes sense: Love was in the ether. On our minds, in our hearts. Valentines of the collective unconscious skewed our convo. We all agreed the bar/lounge was surprisingly packed […]
>> keep readinglife changing paradigms ensconced in inappropriate language
“Holy f***balls.” That was the text I sent to my bestie upon exiting. I know that’s vulgar and one could definitely argue absolutely not sacred, but that is the best I could come up with after having nirvana show up in my face. I’m not proud of the unladylike reaction, but that was my authentic […]
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Dirty, tough, uncomfortable turns out to be more intimate than clean, easy and comfy… but you have to be willing to get dirty. When I wrote that, I was referring to things of, let’s say, an intimate nature. (oh sweet Elvis, I hope my mother doesn’t read this blog post.) A reader asked me to […]
>> keep readingThe Top 24 Things I Realized in 2011
Although, one could easily argue this is a lifetime of knowledge, here it’s tid-bit-ed down to a year of wisdom:: 1. If something in your life is not giving you the love you think you deserve, you’re prolly not giving it to yourself first. Step back, go in. Love on yourself. If he/she/it does not […]
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This Christmas, as in many Christmases in recent years, I am away from New York where I call home. Away from my family in Chicago, which was once home… and for a city of such flash, one is actually hard-pressed to find cheer anywhere other than a mall and I over-delight in every palm tree […]
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Everything you need is already happening. Every wish is already done. If you can’t see it, it’s just buried so deep that you can’t see it. If you’re restless ambitious anxious well then don’t wait. Go get it. Dive in your heart. You think you have control? Well, might I offer that is your only […]
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