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We Came Late: Thoughts After the NYC Women’s March

We Came Late: Thoughts After the NYC Women’s March

by Andrea Crowley-Hughes The night before the New York City Women’s March, I was stowing Lara bars and neatly organized baggies filled with bandages, gauze and butterfly closures into our backpacks. I had read all the pre-march checklists I could fit into a browser window crammed with open tabs. Still, I was too late in learning that Maalox is a more effective treatment for tear gas irritated eyes than Pepto Bismol. My mind has the tendency of jumping to –…

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Ashes and Cracked Glass

Ashes and Cracked Glass

by Patricia Jonik Stein The commotion on the New York City street fascinated and perplexed me.  There was a bevy of women circling a flame-filled green metal municipal waste can.  Some were holding hands with eyes on one another while others looked pensively at the few police officers standing nearby. My friend grabbed my arm and guided me toward the intersection where we would cross over to visit one of the museums that she had on her list. “Do you…

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How to Hygge With What You Have

How to Hygge With What You Have

by Tana Tymesen If you haven’t yet been told you HAVE TO go hygge by a national publication, what in the world are you reading? Hygge is a Danish word — and concept — that the U.S. and U.K. have transliterated and condensed to mean “cozy,” and are adopting at breakneck pace to help guide us all through the winter doldrums. Many pieces written on the craze simplify its pronunciation to “hoo-gah” but to my ear it sounds closer to…

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Confessions of a Kraft Dinner Apostate

Confessions of a Kraft Dinner Apostate

by Karis Rogerson Kraft Dinner macaroni and cheese was the height of cuisine to my childish mind: the teeny tiny pasta pieces that are nearly impossible to stab with a fork, the powdered cheese that mixes perfectly with milk and butter to make a scrumptious sauce and the pure, unadulterated plasticity of it all. I was obsessed. I was the world’s greatest Kraft Dinner evangelist. I told everyone about my passion for the food, eyes alight and cheeks glowing with excitement….

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Thanksgiving Is a Time for Booze and Gravy: Your Handy Guide to Both

Thanksgiving Is a Time for Booze and Gravy: Your Handy Guide to Both

by Tana Tymesen Friendsgiving Pajama Jam, brought to you by the proprietor of Chateau de K, John K., will take place this year in a charming, cozy pre-war apartment in Jackson Heights with in-wall bookcases and plush couches. John works in television, and his girlfriend Monique, my best friend, and the dinner’s co-host, is a candymaker. Monique and I live together a few blocks away at Penthouse at The Burrow. We nickname our domiciles. It’s festive. The party this year…

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