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Lessons From My Break with New York

July 22, 2011 in Wordsmoker

Three years ago, at my goodbye party at Dublin House on the Upper West Side, a friend told me that she couldn’t believe that I was leaving New York, that I was so much a New Yorker that she couldn’t imagine my living anywhere else. I took it as a compliment, and I wholeheartedly agreed. After all, with the exception of one year in Jerusalem (which barely even counts since nearly every New Yorker I knew was there with me at the time), I’d never lived anywhere else.

It wasn’t even intentional, really; going to college in New York wasn’t an automatic part of my life’s plan. In fact, the only college I visited was Penn, where I thought I’d apply early. However, the one thing I did know was that I wanted to be a journalism major, and the one rule my parents had set was that I had to be a train ride away, and when I looked into schools with journalism majors in NYC, Boston, Philly, and DC, I was left with NYU. Read the rest of this entry →

Lessons From My Break with New York

July 22, 2011 in Wordsmoker

Three years ago, at my goodbye party at Dublin House on the Upper West Side, a friend told me that she couldn’t believe that I was leaving New York, that I was so much a New Yorker that she couldn’t imagine my living anywhere else. I took it as a compliment, and I wholeheartedly agreed. After all, with the exception of one year in Jerusalem (which barely even counts since nearly every New Yorker I knew was there with me at the time), I’d never lived anywhere else.

It wasn’t even intentional, really; going to college in New York wasn’t an automatic part of my life’s plan. In fact, the only college I visited was Penn, where I thought I’d apply early. However, the one thing I did know was that I wanted to be a journalism major, and the one rule my parents had set was that I had to be a train ride away, and when I looked into schools with journalism majors in NYC, Boston, Philly, and DC, I was left with NYU. Read the rest of this entry →

Lessons From My Break with New York

July 22, 2011 in Wordsmoker

Three years ago, at my goodbye party at Dublin House on the Upper West Side, a friend told me that she couldn’t believe that I was leaving New York, that I was so much a New Yorker that she couldn’t imagine my living anywhere else. I took it as a compliment, and I wholeheartedly agreed. After all, with the exception of one year in Jerusalem (which barely even counts since nearly every New Yorker I knew was there with me at the time), I’d never lived anywhere else.

It wasn’t even intentional, really; going to college in New York wasn’t an automatic part of my life’s plan. In fact, the only college I visited was Penn, where I thought I’d apply early. However, the one thing I did know was that I wanted to be a journalism major, and the one rule my parents had set was that I had to be a train ride away, and when I looked into schools with journalism majors in NYC, Boston, Philly, and DC, I was left with NYU. Read the rest of this entry →

Lessons From My Break with New York

July 22, 2011 in Wordsmoker

Three years ago, at my goodbye party at Dublin House on the Upper West Side, a friend told me that she couldn’t believe that I was leaving New York, that I was so much a New Yorker that she couldn’t imagine my living anywhere else. I took it as a compliment, and I wholeheartedly agreed. After all, with the exception of one year in Jerusalem (which barely even counts since nearly every New Yorker I knew was there with me at the time), I’d never lived anywhere else.

It wasn’t even intentional, really; going to college in New York wasn’t an automatic part of my life’s plan. In fact, the only college I visited was Penn, where I thought I’d apply early. However, the one thing I did know was that I wanted to be a journalism major, and the one rule my parents had set was that I had to be a train ride away, and when I looked into schools with journalism majors in NYC, Boston, Philly, and DC, I was left with NYU. Read the rest of this entry →

Lessons From My Break with New York

July 22, 2011 in Wordsmoker

Three years ago, at my goodbye party at Dublin House on the Upper West Side, a friend told me that she couldn’t believe that I was leaving New York, that I was so much a New Yorker that she couldn’t imagine my living anywhere else. I took it as a compliment, and I wholeheartedly agreed. After all, with the exception of one year in Jerusalem (which barely even counts since nearly every New Yorker I knew was there with me at the time), I’d never lived anywhere else.

It wasn’t even intentional, really; going to college in New York wasn’t an automatic part of my life’s plan. In fact, the only college I visited was Penn, where I thought I’d apply early. However, the one thing I did know was that I wanted to be a journalism major, and the one rule my parents had set was that I had to be a train ride away, and when I looked into schools with journalism majors in NYC, Boston, Philly, and DC, I was left with NYU. Read the rest of this entry →

AudioSmoker–Deer Tick

January 13, 2011 in Audiosmoker

Beg, borrow, steal… oh, the things I’ve had to resort to for musical recommendations as of late! And yet, in the end, sometimes it comes down to “if you stumble upon a song you love on Pandora, maybe you should try listening to other stuff by the same band and you will discover that you think they are excellent and you’ll become obsessed with them and listen to a number of their songs repeatedly every day.” Read the rest of this entry →

AudioSmoker–Deer Tick

January 13, 2011 in Audiosmoker

Beg, borrow, steal… oh, the things I’ve had to resort to for musical recommendations as of late! And yet, in the end, sometimes it comes down to “if you stumble upon a song you love on Pandora, maybe you should try listening to other stuff by the same band and you will discover that you think they are excellent and you’ll become obsessed with them and listen to a number of their songs repeatedly every day.” Read the rest of this entry →

AudioSmoker–Deer Tick

January 13, 2011 in Audiosmoker

Beg, borrow, steal… oh, the things I’ve had to resort to for musical recommendations as of late! And yet, in the end, sometimes it comes down to “if you stumble upon a song you love on Pandora, maybe you should try listening to other stuff by the same band and you will discover that you think they are excellent and you’ll become obsessed with them and listen to a number of their songs repeatedly every day.” Read the rest of this entry →

AudioSmoker–Deer Tick

January 13, 2011 in Audiosmoker

Beg, borrow, steal… oh, the things I’ve had to resort to for musical recommendations as of late! And yet, in the end, sometimes it comes down to “if you stumble upon a song you love on Pandora, maybe you should try listening to other stuff by the same band and you will discover that you think they are excellent and you’ll become obsessed with them and listen to a number of their songs repeatedly every day.” Read the rest of this entry →