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Why pickup trucks are the worst things on the road

I hate pickup trucks.

Okay, I should clarify. I do not hate all pickup trucks. If your truck is emblazoned with the name of a business and covered in ladders, or kinda rusty and filled with your friend’s stuff…

I read 50 Shades of Grey so you don’t have to

Since the movie trailer dropped last week, our nation once again has its collective panties in a twist or completely off, depending on your feelings about 50 Shades of Grey. Yesterday, I read an article in which the author proclaimed that he had not…

Roc City — a native Rochesterian’s response to Kodak City

A few months ago, I happened across an article about a photo series eulogizing the ghost town of Rochester, NY. I was rather surprised to hear that the city I was currently living and working in was a ghost town, considering there…

How To Be A Basic Rochesterian

Fall is upon us, so it’s time for all your favorite fall activities: drinking pumpkin beer and hot apple cider around a bonfire, apple picking, pumpkin carving, crunching through leaves, haunted hay rides, and most importantly, stereotyping all these activities as only for…

On the train tracks near my street

I live in a small suburb that used to be a bustling port in the 1800s. The Erie Canal runs straight through town (and right next to my neighborhood), and what’s now lined with Irish pubs and ice cream shops apparently used to be a pretty major transportation hub. “The…

Who’s my daddy?

As a young woman, I am constantly in need of the advice and life mentoring of older men. At least, that’s what most of them apparently think. I blame it on the hubris of privilege, because most of the 40 year old+ men I’ve met who have taken this tactic seem to be laboring under the delusion what…

Reverse-nostalgia

My dad got a new car last week. I talked him into buying a MINI Countryman, which I was very excited about because I love my MINI Cooper. His MINI is nicer than mine now. It’s my dream car, but he’s got the heated seats, sunroof, automatic climate control and windshield wipers, paddle…