Girl Taking Care of Mom-Central Park

"If you were born in NYC let me hear you say...."

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August 24th 2007
Those of you that know me well, or read my travel blog from last summer, know my extreme distaste for New Jersey (despite my gi-normous love of New Jers-ians and the movie Garden State...though that's probably just b/c Natalie Portman is in it...). Mainly b/c they don't let you pump your own gas. Newark has become the nexus of all which is distasteful about N Jersey. I took the ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more