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April 14. Day 288. All afternoon my mom and I wandered in and out of stores around St. Germain, the ultra chic knot of streets where $5 tea is un vrai bargain, book stores sell letters written by Franz Liszt and George Sand, and trench coats abound. We had coffee on rue Vavin, my mom found some [...] April 8. Day 282. So, I’m in LA now, since I had to get my passport renewed. I decided when I set out that I’d try to ask for something at every transaction, to stay on my toes. Here goes: 1. Passport agency in the Federal Building. I am told to return Friday to pick it up. [...] March 28. Day 271. If you’re an economist, or didn’t almost flunk college econ like yours truly (thank God for grade inflation), please forgive me. The next post is going to be a sleeper. Probably what you covered on day one of business school. No, what you figured out when you started selling used Porsches out [...] March 22. Day 265. 100 days left!! I am adding a countdown timer, just so I don’t lose sight of the momentous July 1 deadline to see what I’ve gained and learned by asking for 365 days straight. And now, quick report of a quick interaction: I asked for a pre-sale discount on four stemless margarita glasses I [...] March 14. Day 257. There’s a certain pressure that comes with being The Daily Asker, rather than simply Roxy. Not that I am ever simply Roxy, for I am — just as you are, gentle reader, or as any atom or galaxy we can conceive of is — far from simple. But you get [...] |
    
  
 
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