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Tag Archives: New York
Book Review: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Why are you so successful at what you do? Can you think of any reasons why you might have had a lucky lift up along the way? Someone you knew? Where you went to school? Because you did your homework? … Continue reading
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Tagged "Mary got a quarter", Beatles, Bill Gates, garment district, New York
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Book Review: Life with Mother by Clarence Day
I picked up this book at a bookstore that was going out of business (sniff, sniff) at a nice price, and it’s a first edition. It’s a spinoff on the old “Life with Father” book by Clarence Day and is … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia University, Life with Father, New York, St. Patrick's Cathedral
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New York and Mamma Mia!
You were the only one not on the streets of New York on Wednesday! AND it was one of the hottest days of the summer. Still, we had fun. You know the storyline for Mamma Mia!, right? Twenty-year old Sophie … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthropologie, M&M Store, Mamma Mia!, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Winter Garden
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Book Review: Tales of A Wayward Inn (the Algonquin) by Frank Case
Wasn’t I lucky to find this little gem among the books at the usual bookcase of library sale items? For $1.00 I had several evenings of wonderful reading—going back to the glory days when a writer was a writer! The book was … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquin Hotel, Frank Case, New York, Round Table
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