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Happy Mother’s Day!

Tweet Five years ago, I left D.C. to move back to the NYC area. Coming from a close-knit Italian family, I felt so far from home sometimes, even though I could still get home by train or car in just a few hours if I ever really had to. I […]

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The Most Perfect Life, Ever.

Tweet Last week, I got an email from a friend. It was in the context of us emailing back and forth about various insecurities/first world problems. “I totally admire your life,” she said. “…I feel like we all need to see what everyone else sees, because it’s pretty damn cool!” […]

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Highlights from the Weekend

Tweet I don’t usually do any sort of “scenes from my weekend” or “silent” post, because I actually like writing, but I have some random photos to share that have no more cohesive theme than “Theodora having fun,” so here goes. High tea at The Plaza with my mom. This […]

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2013 Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Half Marathon Recap

Tweet Or…that time I took 5 minutes off of my old half PR. See those faces? Those are the faces of two very happy women who ran 1:50 half marathons on Saturday at the Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Half! After my crappy run last Sunday, I was really nervous about […]

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On Acceptance

Tweet In yoga the other night, the instructor said something to us about just letting go and letting go of our New Yorker tendencies to keep butting our heads against the wall until we can make things the way we want them. I smiled and nodded my head, and understood […]

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