New Life Resolution
I’ve rarely made New Years resolutions. In the past I’ve found them pointless. People start off strong then break promises to themselves within weeks or months of making them. Typically the end result is personal guilt and feelings of failure. But here’s a new 2013 thought: What if instead of encouraging ourselves to lose weight, [...]
New Year’s in Beograd
Belgrade is a smoker’s paradise. The first thing you notice when you touch down in the Nikola Tesla airport is the smell of stale cigarette smoke. In shops, a pack of Marlboros can be had for a dollar. People don’t think twice about smoking indoors (maybe because it’s really cold outside) and everyone is nice [...]
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Skinnymania
Ah, 2012: a new year filled with hope for new prosperity, new opportunities, new peace, and, in the US, a new me/you/us. The tradition of establishing resolutions for the next twelve months goes back for an eternity- at least as far as popular culture is concerned- and, over the years, has managed to develop an [...]
My Five Go Girl Goals for 2011
If your world is anything like mine, the past few weeks have been crazy, for travelers and homebodies alike. Between flight delays (and cancellations), the crush of holiday shoppers and shopping, joyous and not so joyous family reunions, blizzards, awful energy-sucking colds, and the early darkness that settles over New England, December is not a [...]
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New Years Commitments
By Steph This weekend I decided that the idea of setting New Years resolutions is simply an idea, and it needs to be tossed out all together. Think about how cliché it is. Everyone gets all worked up about the turning of the new year, indulges in all sorts of things from one last pack [...]
A New Years Review
By Marianne I’ve gone through the New Year traditions in a lot of different places. I’ve seen the fireworks in London, Spain and New York. In Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington DC and Los Angeles. And most recently, in Thailand and Sydney, Australia. I don’t remember too much about my London New Years, I imagine mostly because [...]
