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Mauritius
I’ve been soaking up the sun in Mauritius. I’m a couple of shades darker and covered in mosquito bites. I don’t know what’s worse the odd massive cockroach, the gargantuan spiders or all the...
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I’m back in New York City, nursing a cold and trying to get over the worst bout of jet lag I’ve ever had. I’m also inundated with work. Assignments were coming through just before I left Mauritius and...
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Haleem (Halim) Party
My blog has been neglected, sorely neglected. I returned from Mauritius 3 weeks ago. My heart was broken many times over as my father experienced one complication after another. Somehow he made it...
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CROOKLYN
Just how much can change in a year? A lot. This long time East Villager took herself to Brooklyn and got a job at Chambers Street Wines. Pinch me. I’m not dreaming. My one-bedroom apartment has a...
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Brooklyn Bazar!
To mark the final day of my vacation in the city, the rains are falling. I am just returned from a soggy trip to Cortelyou Road with my Lefferts Gardens neighbor and CSW colleague, let’s call him JMW...
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Marmite!
I am the proud caretaker of a wee thing called Marmite, formerly known as Miles. I adopted my furry friend on Labour Day weekend from the dear owners of Thirst Wine Merchants and Thirst Bar A Vin,...
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Rhône Revisited
There are wines that are connected to certain eras. In the early days (the late nineties) of my time at Astor Wines, the bottles that captured attention were the Dagueneaus, Tempiers, CVNEs,...
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These Walls Were Made for Painting…
…so I painted a wall in my sitting room in the color of metallic gold. Each coat (three in all) was painted at night, after work in three consecutive nights. It looks absolutely fabulous. I look at it...
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