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·Jul 2, 2020

Let’s Not Forget the Joy of a Spontaneous Phone Call

Quarantine has reminded me how fun it is to talk on the phone — My grandparents used to make spontaneous phone calls. They were also people who stopped by the neighbors’ house unannounced — something I can’t imagine anyone I know actually doing. …

After This

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Let’s Not Forget the Joy of a Spontaneous Phone Call
Let’s Not Forget the Joy of a Spontaneous Phone Call
After This

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Forge

·May 20, 2020

I Miss This Time, Already

Why it’s possible to feel nostalgic for something that’s terrible and sad — In Regular Times, walking home through the East Village on the first warm evening of spring would be like swimming upstream. Groups of people would drink spritzes and rosés in the open-air bars on St. Mark’s Place. …

Live

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I Miss This Time, Already
I Miss This Time, Already
Live

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·May 13, 2020

I Miss Home as a Refuge

The best part of my apartment was always coming back from outside — I bought my canary-yellow bar cart a little over a year ago, during a time when my days looked fairly similar to how they do now: I was home for weeks on end, rarely venturing outside. I’d devoted a month to the project of freezing my eggs, a decision I…

Live

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I Miss Home as a Refuge
I Miss Home as a Refuge
Live

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·May 6, 2020

I Miss Serendipity

Effortless interactions are hard when everyone is wearing a mask — At my local wine shop the other day, I clumsily followed the list of procedures to buy a bottle of wine: Present the bottle to the cashier; sanitize hands before swiping card; use a sanitized pen to sign; put the pen in the “used” jar; bag your own bottle. “Too…

Things I Miss

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I Miss Serendipity
I Miss Serendipity
Things I Miss

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·Apr 29, 2020

I Miss Putting Things on the Calendar

When we don’t have the big plans to look forward to, it’s time to focus on the small pleasures — This reminds me of ending a relationship. There’s always that moment after a split when you look over your calendar and realize how many plans aren’t actually going to happen. There’s the concert we won’t be attending together at the end of the month. There’s the weekend trip we can’t…

Things I Miss

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I Miss Putting Things on the Calendar
I Miss Putting Things on the Calendar
Things I Miss

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·Apr 22, 2020

I Miss a Feeling I’ll Never Get Back

Turns out, having a sense of certainty about the future was always a luxury — Recently I watched a Broad City episode in which people were lined up outside a bakery for a macaron/churro pastry combo. It made me laugh — over-the-top pastry trends have been such a thing in New York City for the past few decades — but the scene also felt jarring…

Things I Miss

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I Miss a Feeling I’ll Never Get Back
I Miss a Feeling I’ll Never Get Back
Things I Miss

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·Apr 15, 2020

I Never Thought I’d Miss Airplanes

My phobia of flying has been replaced by something bigger — In my old New York City life, the one that no longer exists, I used to watch planes fly one by one, in a stoic parade on their way to JFK Airport. …

Things I Miss

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I Never Thought I’d Miss Airplanes
I Never Thought I’d Miss Airplanes
Things I Miss

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Human Parts

·Aug 13, 2018

Escape to the Magical World of Humanity

An illustrated guide to being somewhere else when you can’t be somewhere else — Even New York’s die-hard defenders want to flee the city come summer. When popsicle-colored dreams of warm afternoons watching kids run through gushing fire hydrants fade, we’re left with all the obligations and dress codes of regular life — plus the added challenge of enduring tropical subway stations. An air…

Travel

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Escape to the Magical World of Humanity
Escape to the Magical World of Humanity
Travel

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Words That Matter

·Dec 7, 2017

Optimism is Exhausting

But have you tried Coffee Meets Bagel?, married friends suggest when I complain about the bleak landscape of online dating. There are good men out there, the internet assures me after yet another male artist I trusted with my admiration has come out as a sexual predator. …

Words That Matter 2017

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Optimism is Exhausting
Optimism is Exhausting
Words That Matter 2017

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Author of Am I There Yet? www.bymariandrew.com

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