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Changing jobs means figuring out new benefits and pay scales, learning new things and figuring out how to get your email to work correctly at your new job. In New York we have the additional calculus of our daily commute. My old job was in the Flatiron District, which from Flushing meant a bus to… Read more »

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1. Brunch at The Bailey: When walking through the Financial District early on Sunday morning, you’ll spot a tour group or two, standing around taking pictures of the New York Stock Exchange – but will be surprised by just how barren downtown can be. Practically alone in this concrete wasteland, you’ll walk down Wall Street,… Read more »

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Emmy award winning Stephanie Castillo might live in sunny Hawaii but this has not altered her resolve to tell the remarkable, never-been-told story of Thomas Chapin, a New Yorker, and jazz master who was gone too soon. Chapin’s music lives on and Castillo wants to start filming the story of his remarkable life this summer!… Read more »

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I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th holiday. I spent the day at the beach because it was much too hot to stay in my apartment and watch my cats, who actually pant and generally look even hotter than I feel. It is guilty escapism with a holiday twist. For this edition of Lights… Read more »