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The End of an Era, by Lauren

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The plane swirled over the bay as the mist hung close to the headlands.  It landed softly in San Francisco and  for the first time in a year in a half I was “home”.  But I wasn’t home.  SF hasn’t been home for almost two years now.  But because I’ve still had my flat there, [...]

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A Double Life by Lauren

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I’m leading two lives. Double Lives. Like 007. I’ve started a new job in London. So now, like Hilary, I am commuting three days a week to London. By plane. I fly in early on Tuesday morning and then out on Thursday after work. It’s a bit exhausting but I feel incredibly lucky to spend [...]

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Bring your Sunday Best by Lauren

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The challenge (even though I choose the theme) of bringing my Sunday Best stumped me. Up until the day before the Ghetto-gether event. (And if you don’t know about the Ghetto-gethers, click HERE) I really didn’t know what to make. In America Sunday is all about Brunch, but to be honest, I’m not even that [...]

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Make new friends but keep the old by Lauren

January 17, 2011

The older I get, the harder it is to make friends. When I was younger being  thrown into simple social situations such as school,  sorority, or team sports was a way of life and made it easy to make friends. But moving to a new city in the middle of my thirties knowing only a [...]

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Mexican Mondays by Lauren

December 7, 2010

Ever since we returned from Rome its been snowing in Amsterdam. It reminds me of my days at Syracuse where I trudged through the snow in my construction worker Timberlands, dressed in flannel shirts and bundled in puffy coats, hats and mits.  The white pillowy flakes dropped from the gray sky sideways creating 3ft snow [...]

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Rock Band by Lauren

November 16, 2010

Rock Band will forever remind me of working at Apple.  When I first got Rock Band, my good friend and co-worker, Katie Abeles, came over to my house with a 6 pack of beer, helped me set it up and taught me how to play on a Sunday afternoon.  She is this kinda rock star [...]

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