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Happy Fortunate People

Photo by simpleinsomnia via Flickr Hamish regretted agreeing to the dinner almost immediately, but he arrived at the bistro in Tribeca just before eight and tried to feel good about it. He had been in the city for two weeks, trying to get acclimated before his contract began, but so far, he mainly spent his time watching people in Union Square. New York was a city in which people were always making plans, a city of interlocking calendars and appointments designed to make everyone else feel left out. New York was a bunch of empty rooms with cordons outside barring entry. New York was a series of attitudes and performances, demands and pleas — a populace at once on fire...

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Happy Fortunate People

Photo by simpleinsomnia via Flickr Hamish regretted agreeing to the dinner almost immediately, but he arrived at the bistro in Tribeca just before eight and tried to feel good about it. He had been in the city for two weeks, trying to get acclimated before his contract began, but so far, he mainly spent his time watching people in Union Square. New York was a city in which people were always making plans, a city of interlocking calendars and appointments designed to make everyone else feel left out. New York was a bunch of empty rooms with cordons outside barring entry. New York was a series of attitudes and performances, demands and pleas — a populace at once on fire...

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Turn Your Outdoor Movie Night Into A Party With These Ideas

You only need to talk to me for 10 minutes to figure out that I am a huge movie gal. I love the movies themselves — getting lost in storylines, falling in love with characters, feeling inspired to go on adventures — but I also love the movie-watching experience. Cuddling with your closest friends, snacking on popcorn and mini M&Ms (my tried-and-true combo), and just being together is one of my favorite parts of a summer movie night.Even though these summer days are drifting away (it wouldn't be a summer movie story without a Grease reference), it's never too late to make the most of the warm weather. Keep reading for the popcorn recipes, DIYs, and movie night essentials you...

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Turn Your Outdoor Movie Night Into A Party With These Ideas

You only need to talk to me for 10 minutes to figure out that I am a huge movie gal. I love the movies themselves — getting lost in storylines, falling in love with characters, feeling inspired to go on adventures — but I also love the movie-watching experience. Cuddling with your closest friends, snacking on popcorn and mini M&Ms (my tried-and-true combo), and just being together is one of my favorite parts of a summer movie night.Even though these summer days are drifting away (it wouldn't be a summer movie story without a Grease reference), it's never too late to make the most of the warm weather. Keep reading for the popcorn recipes, DIYs, and movie night essentials you...

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5 Year Before and After Home Tour

A before and after home tour of our brick colonial house 5 years after moving in with recaps of countless DIY home improvement projects and decorating tutorials. It’s so hard to believe that 5 years have already passed since we moved into this house! And yet it feels like so much longer than that at the same time. Sometimes it’s hard to see the progress of how far we’ve come day-by-day, but those small tasks of painting a door, changing a light fixture, or finding a secondhand table have added up to a MASSIVE change over time. We definitely make a lot of messes in our home, and life is far from picture perfect. Table of Contents Our Before and...

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