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The Conversational Habits of East Coast City Folk

Once, between harvests, I went on a trip to New York City. There I had the pleasure of making a friend at the Grand Central Station who took me into his confidence to inform me that one in every five persons I see there in the Big Apple was in fact an [...]

20Apr2010 | Jillian | 1 comment | Continued
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It’s All I Can Do To Conceal My Feelings

Of Jealousy. In addition to laziness, judginess, and vanity, jealousy is one of my ten worst qualities. It’s genetic. It’s (em)pathetic. I don’t want to not be in my own life; I just want to live everyone else’s as well. Maybe because I’m still trying to find a way that best suits me, but as [...]

25Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Collector’s Items

Here is a hope, a vision of the future: nearing the end of my time on this earth, rich with experience, love and wisdom, I would like to have a cozy house filled with family, friends, and beautiful things, objects I’ve collected from many travels all over the world. They will be lovely and they [...]

16Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Things to do in Yucatan Before I Leave aka My Yucket List

Dance all night at The Mambo Cafe
We had our wedding reception at this live music venue/dance club at the Plaza Las Americas mall and it was amazing, shiny, loud, and vibrating. But I was a little distracted/overwhelmed/intoxicated and would love to go back to shake my money maker without worrying about our forty friends and [...]

23Feb2010 | Jillian | 5 comments | Continued
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A Nation of Two

As much as we have lived in Mexico these last four years, mostly we have lived alone in a world of our own construct. Throughout our relationship we’ve always been close. I distinctly remember the year we met, during our ritual of watching The Practice and eating takeout in Malcolm’s tiny first floor dorm room [...]

12Feb2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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… And We’re Back (But Not For Long)

 
As it turns out, as we have proven, you can abandon your pressboard life, board a plane to a place you’ve never been and carve out an existence – and a pretty sweet one at that – in an uncanny valley far, but not too far, from home. We didn’t drop off the edge of [...]

2Feb2010 | Jillian | 6 comments | Continued
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Dropped Out.

Jillian: How will it end, I wonder? In order to address this unanswerable question with poetry and symmetry, I look back to the beginning. Rereading the early entries, from the planning stages to our first enthralled weeks in Mexico, through all the trials up to this present moment; as I listen to the waves, I [...]

4May2009 | Malcolm | 16 comments | Continued
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In Defense of The Tourist

Perhaps I am feeling too charitable, too unironic, too patriotic today but I am going to come out and opine that American citizens, if they are able to take a hard-earned vacation, should absolutely wear ugly shorts, get horribly sunburnt, and enjoy fruity cocktails by the pool. Maybe I am playing the devil’s advocate or finally coming to terms with my [...]

13Mar2009 | Jillian | 11 comments | Continued
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Call Off “The Hounds of Zaroff” We Just Want To Play!

The blogosphere is abuzz with voices across Mexico defending their adopted country. I couldn’t agree more with the chorus of sanity. Don’t let the fear mongers get you down. And though I don’t know what will happen tomorrow I can say for today that the United States of Mexico has not failed, narco-banditos are not [...]

4Mar2009 | Jillian | 4 comments | Continued
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Reason #2,142 the Internet is Stupid: The Perceived Value of Domain Names

I still can’t quite understand why there is still such a thing as a “domain aftermarket,” because in case no one noticed, domain names don’t really have any value. With the exception of a good one-word domain name, such as shop.com for a shopping site, feed.com for a news aggregator or farm supply store, buzz.com [...]

23Jan2009 | Malcolm | 3 comments | Continued
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Conflicts and Resolutions

Every writing student knows that all the greats wrote every day, no matter how ill, hungover, or uninspired. Being bedridden helps, as does being stranded on a long sea voyage. Of course we all require a room of one’s own. Though some prefer the preciousness of writing private thoughts in the public space of coffee houses or at the bar; [...]

23Jan2009 | Jillian | 1 comment | Continued
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Sea Change: Our Big Night Out at Elio Al Mare

It is possible for one meal to change everything. Yesterday I didn’t believe that a mythical Italian restaurant could possibly exist in Progreso. I didn’t believe in much of anything. Today I am a serious devotee of Elio Al Mare and plan to tell everyone I know to seek it out and experience the best Italian food this side of [...]

22Jan2009 | Jillian | 6 comments | Continued
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