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Archive for April, 2009

Taking a step back

Posted in Russia, Uncategorized on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After weeks with my brain, body and heart going in different directions, and different paces, I think I’m almost realigned.
During my final few weeks in the US – the fraught, busy days in New York; the harried few days in Mass – I had no choice but to sublimate any deep thought going on. If [...]

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Too busy

Posted in Planning, Russia on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I realize that my posts (and photo uploads) so far have been slap-dash, meandering, and probably boring. The problem, I realize, is that my brain is going at a million miles a minute. On one plane there are logistics: trying to figure out what to do every day – reading as much as possible beforehand [...]

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St. Petersburg: museums and culture so far

Posted in Russia, tagged , , , on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Hard to believe it’s already three days in. But then again, oh, what I’ve seen!
After taking it relatively easy on Thursday, our first day, dad and I went to the Hermitage on Friday and Saturday. We had bought a two-day, all-access pass over the internet. And even after two full days, angry legs and feet, [...]

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Privyet from St. Petersburg

Posted in Russia, tagged , , , , , , , on April 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

My dad and I arrived in St. Petersburg, safe sound and sleepy, yesterday afternoon.  There was a bit of excitement at the border, of course: There was an *error* on my visa – the date of entry was for April 23 instead of April 22. Can you believe it? After all the bad craziness around [...]

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See how frugal I’ll be?

Posted in Planning, tagged on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Jeff Ubois for sending me this link:
Is A Nomadic Location Independent Lifestyle Cheaper Than Living In One Place? A 12 Month Breakdown for 2008
It’s a confirmation of something I suspected: It can be cheaper to live a range life than a fixed life. And given the lifestyle I adopted in NYC (nice [...]

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My eyeballs are falling out of my head

Posted in Planning on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It’s 6:30 am. I went to bed at 1:30, woke up at 5, gave up trying to go back to sleep at 6:15, and then got up to make coffee. I suppose it’s fine that I’m awake so early – today is my Craigslist moving sale, and I’ve got a lot to do before strangers [...]

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A beautiful day

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight I’m suffering my first insomnia for a few weeks. Perhaps it’s the leftover glow of excitement from my first – and only – game at The New Yankee Stadium. Sure, it was an exhibition game (against the Cubs; the Yanks won 7-4) but it was the first game played by the Yankees in their [...]

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