LEAFING NEW YORK
Sometimes, the best part about living in New York is getting the heck out of town. After an extremely busy few weeks, Kirk and I promised to take a full day off together and make our way out of the five boroughs. I feel endlessly fortunate that that day came on one of the nicest of fall and, to boot, in the climaxing days of leaf change. As we made our way up the river roads to Storm King, we wondered how anything- even a 500-acre open air museum littered with world famous sc
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WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
This week has been one of unanswered questions and trying to find peace in a time thatfeels like all of the balls are up in the air. While I wait for them to fall back to earth, I had a day off. Perhaps looking for answers, perhaps looking for something I don't yet know, I did what I have always done in times of uncertainty: Took a hike. This was an urban hike, through parts of Brooklyn that aren't often seen by foot. Come along for a visual tour of the back end of my favorit
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