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Galle Fort
I’m staying in Galle Fort, built in 1588 by the Portuguese and fortified in the 17th Century by the Dutch. The 2004 tsunami devastated this area, killing over 30,000 people, but the buildings inside the fort were mostly protected. In an interesting side note, most of the wild life, including stray cats and dogs, sought […]
Family at 99 Battery Place
Being a doorman in Manhattan is a position of prestige and pride, the front line of defense and friendship for the residents who pass by them every day, part of their duties is to make life a bit easier in a very difficult city. They are unionized. Being jostled through a subway commute, maybe even […]
Five Years
While Bowie didn’t write the detailed narratives of Springsteen, his phrases cut through my mind and they stuck. His melodies carried me on a cloud. He was with me through so many key moments—helping me, informing me, making me feel as comfortable as an angry adolescent could be—and he gave me the vocabulary to be […]