June 2012
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What's Your Animal Personality Type? →
Because:
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an expansion of Carl Jung’s ideas about personality types, expressed in one of sixteen four-letter acronyms that express your dominant traits.
My elementary school mascot was a dolphin, Dale the Dolphin, and for a while it was my favorite Beanie Baby. Years later, I find out I am Karina the Dolphin. (?)
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“You can’t possibly meet someone right now. When I met Nick, I was already...”
– SEEING NORA EVERYWHERE
Because: I find it disappointing a number of commenters are accusing Lena of opportunism with this. Take it for what it is: a heartfelt, meaningful tribute from a young writer to her mentor, a relationship that assuredly would have been richer and more full, if only for more...
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The Case of the Argentine Waiter and the Korean... →
Because: I have a fond relationship with the powers and personalities behind Casa Mun, us having first encountered each other at the start of some phase of both our careers. I was working on my first big freelance travel writing assignment, which was about international cuisine in closed door restaurants in Buenos Aires, while Casa Mun had recently started hosting dinners. Since that initial...
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WatchSherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
Because: I went on a TED talks binge last night (the iPad is helpful like that) and this was my favorite viewing of the session. I think the evolution of Turkle’s take on technological connectivity merits attention, and it is the reason I really paid attention to what she was saying. In the majority of the talk I felt as though she was addressing people...
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“Poor Mexico,” its former president Porfirio Díaz is said to have remarked. “So...”
– Cocaine Incorporated
Because: I’ve been around my dad, who was born in raised in Mexico, where the majority of his family still lives, a few times when the conversation has turned to the drug war. He’s always said, “It’s a U.S. problem being fought on Mexican soil.”...
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Adónde salen los atléticos →
Because: The gym I frequented when I lived in the Palermo Soho neighborhood was a hoot. It was such a scene in this warehouse-like space, and I wrote about over on Tara and Karina Go Out. It also had a lot, a lot of attractive members. When my roommates and I first started going when we moved to Buenos Aires and knew no one save for a few souls, we would brainstorm aloud about how to meet people....
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New Jersey foodie love from GQ, for New York Mag's...
GQ’s Jim Nelson Spends Weekends in the Country, Weeknights at Pok Pok and Mission Chinese Food
Because:To begin, who considers New Jersey, specifically the Lambertville area, “the country”? I supposed most places when compared with New York City could be. That’s not the point, though. The point is that this piece is chock full of food-related love and respect for my home state...
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WatchDavid Brooks: The social animal
Because: A good friend of mine pointed me toward this talk, one who used to also live in Buenos Aires and after about a total of three years here decided to move back to the U.S. not long ago. We talked a number of times when she was considering what was next for her, and that’s a regular conversation topic in my interactions with friends: What might be next...
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28 Ways Sex and the City Would Be Different If It... →
Because: It has been 14 years since SATC premiered, and this article perfectly encapsulates some ways things have changed since then in a snappy listicle. Also, there was no mention of Girls and I commend them for that, because I think most people would have been tempted to slide it in, somewhere.
One difference, though. I’d like to think it would have been somewhere in South America Carrie...
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“Among young Parisians, there is currently no greater praise for cuisine than...”
– Food Trucks in Paris? U.S. Cuisine Finds Open Minds, and Mouths
Because: This article! This video! I die. Simple, sweet, fun, culturally informative, delectable. And no matter how great we think we are in the U.S. and how cool everything is that we’ve got and create, Parisians will always be...
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“If this all sounds like scientific justification for afternoon naps, long...”
– THE VIRTUES OF DAYDREAMING
Because: Can or is multitasking lumped in here? (Case in point: this post.) I thought this was common knowledge by now, like the “shower moment” referenced in 30 Rock, but a reminder, especially from The New Yorker, can’t hurt. I always think of how...
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