Dominican Breakfast

NYC Thirty Years Later

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May 27th 2010
I didn’t start getting excited until the plane touched down at Laguardia. Thirty years since I had last spent time in the city. Some people can get married, raise children and divorce in that amount of time. Thirty years since I spent a year living in Brooklyn Heights with my soon to be ex-wife and my best friend from childhood who lived just a few blocks from my Henry Street basement digs. ... 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