July 2012
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explore-blog: New York City: Inside Organized Chaos – beautiful short documentary explores “one of the most intense, populous and fascinating city in the world” through the singular perspectives of a jazz musicians, a taxi driver, and an architect.  The best thing since this cinematic love letter to New York.
Jul 30th
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Jul 29th
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dipodina asked: Just watched A Separation. Found your post, represents my thoughts exactly. Do you know any other recent (2010-2012) foreign feature that's as/more interesting than A Separation
Jul 29th
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London Olympics opening ceremony highlights
Jul 28th
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London 2012: The Opening Ceremony →
Jul 28th
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Five Manifestos for the Creative Life →
Jul 27th
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“The best way to get approval is not to need it. This is equally true in art...”
– Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity, by Hugh MacLeod
Jul 27th
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How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love →
“What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. You shouldn’t worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world.”
Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 24th
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Will London Really Erase Banksy's New Olympics... →
“In cleaning up London’s graffiti for the Olympics city authorities threaten to squelch the work one of its biggest celebrities, the street artist Banksy, but on Monday the secretive graffiti artist showed he wouldn’t be deterred from creating Olympics-related art while the whole world is watching.”
Jul 24th
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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Remembering Steven R. Covey with Timeless Insights... →
“It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.”
Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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Craziest Stuff Stars Say About Marriage →
Jul 22nd
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“Don’t be defeatist, dear! It’s very middle class!”
– Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Carnage
Another great movie we watched last week is Carnage. We were in a mood for something not-too-serious and not-too-long, and this was just the perfect movie for that (it’s only 80 minutes!). I thought the acting was phenomenal —especially Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet were exceptional.   The movie basically reflects the meeting of the parents of two kids who were involved in a fight....
Jul 19th
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Tours Give a Taste of Istanbul, and Beyond →
Istanbul Eats Walks offer visitors an insider’s tips on the cuisine of several Turkish regions. “Eating, Megan Clark says, is “serious business” in Istanbul.”
Jul 19th
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Friends of a Certain Age →
“The period for making B.F.F.’s, the way you did in your teens or early 20s, is pretty much over. It’s time to resign yourself to situational adult friends.” Even though I’m 25, I sometimes feel exactly like this. The fact that I’m married can have something to do with it:)
Jul 19th
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Chic Shopping in Istanbul →
“NISANTASI is Istanbul’s trendiest shopping district, as well as the birthplace of the Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk.”
Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 15th
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Jul 15th
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Jul 15th
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The Best Burger I've Ever Had
Having lived in NYC for the last two years, I always thought you could find the best burgers there (Soho Park was my favorite). I honestly didn’t expect that a burger place in Oman could be at the top of my list —you have to agree, it’s quite random! b + f Roadside Diner was perfect!! The first time we went there, we had the Classic Burger, the Ultimate Monster and the Dynamite....
Jul 15th
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Productivity: Is Productivity Killing Your... →
“How often do you find yourself mindlessly swiping, tapping, and typing on your cellphone? While we’re all guilty of filling moments with these distractions, they may be killing concentration and thought.”
Jul 15th
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Anxiety: The 'Busy' Trap →
“Notice it isn’t generally people pulling back-to-back shifts in the I.C.U. or commuting by bus to three minimum-wage jobs  who tell you how busy they are; what those people are is not busy but tired. Exhausted. Dead on their feet. It’s almost always people whose lamented busyness is purely self-imposed: work and obligations they’ve taken on voluntarily, classes and activities they’ve...
Jul 15th