Midtown NYC

Brash Opinions & Inbuilt Humor (Penny)

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April 6th 2009
I headed down to Soho last night for a free writing class on character development (part of the old 'become a writer' dream). New Yorkers crack me up. They are so opinionated and bursting with personality. A very ample Afro-American mama turned up late to our class dressed from shoulders to cankles in turd-colored terry-towelling. Her head errupted in a craze of hairsprayed curls tinted with cherr ... 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