Category: New York & New England
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The Gilded Age Excess
Newport Adventures After successfully defending my thesis, I decided the proper way to celebrate academic triumph was exploring how the obscenely wealthy lived during the Gilded Age. Because nothing says “I conquered graduate school” quite like touring 70-room “summer cottages,” right? Ferry Terminal Panic After the rental car confusion the night before (apparently my carefully…
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When Manhattan Decided to Test My Optimism
So there I was, in our Hampton Inn room on Friday night, presenting Rashid with my masterfully researched LIRR plan like I was unveiling the crown jewels. “Babylon Station, 30-minute drive, 1 hour 13 minutes to Penn Station!” I announced, probably gesturing dramatically with whatever I had in my hands at the moment. He just…
All Around The World 