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Operapriety

May 9. Day 313.

Sa-weeeeeet!

Made it.

Six posts in one night, and all caught up.

Now I can sleep.

***

Snagged a great seat at the opera for a great price. Win win!!

I got there very early for some reason. (Compensating, I guess, for getting there really late last time? Right.)

The usher let me in and I took my seat.

A [...]

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Sunny side of the… patio

May 4. Day 308.

All right, people. Here we go. It’s Saturday night, May 9, almost midnight as I write this. And after weeks of updating days after the fact, enough.

So with this laptop as my witness, I promise to finish the night up to date. (Or fall asleep trying.)

Blog or bust.

Yarrrr!

***

Monday, my college friend Eau [...]

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Free tea, for no good reason?

April 1. Day 275.

Tonight, I asked for something just to see if I could get away with it.

After dinner, Mr. A and I went for a neighborhood walk looking for dessert (again). We stopped in one pastry shop, Eclipse Chocolat, where I had a great cupcake a few days ago. But this time the guy [...]

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Daily Asker: Here To Stay!

March 25. Day 268.

Faster than you can say “Daily Asker Taskmaster,” this project is becoming something else. Months ago, I used to be on a constant lookout for opportunities and set out thinking of ways to ask — and if I didn’t find any that day, I used to go out of my way to [...]

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Can I have one?

March 11. Day 254.

I can’t believe just did this. Even I am shocked. But desperate times call for….

The day flew by and I asked for nothing. I spent a few hours in my new favorite haunt, a Starbucks with free parking and crappy wifi conveniently located next to a Trader Joes. A one stop shop.

But, [...]