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Woman Around Town: Jill Iscol—Her Heart’s on Fire

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
by Esther Cohen on Woman Around Town

Visiting Jill Iscol, in her elegant Fifth Avenue apartment, is an unexpected New York surprise. An educator, activist, foundation director and now author of a new,

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Speak Up New Yorkers and Washingtonians!
We Are Not Rude! And We Love Tourists

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

Travel & Leisure Magazine recently ranked cities for rudeness. New York topped the list, followed by Washington at number three. Los Angeles, usually number one,

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Woman Around Town: Roberta Rucco—
Capturing the Female Form on Film

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

Roberta Rucco spent this past summer on the Isle of Capri, visiting family and photographing women, specifically mothers and daughters. As we sit having coffee,

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Kevin Kline—Much Ado About an Extraordinary Actor

Saturday, December 17th, 2011
by Stephani E. D. McDow on Living Around

I was too young to understand Harold Cooper (The Big Chill) or Otto West (A Fish Called Wanda), but the hazy memory of both characters

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Hope Harris’ Cousins Jamboree Brings Music to Children

Thursday, November 24th, 2011
by Veronica Hughes on Playing Around

Hope Harris is passionate about children and music, specifically wholesome music that inspires creativity, positivity, imagination and kindness. Her most recent project, Cousins Jamboree, was

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Shocking Insights

Sunday, August 28th, 2011
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around

Research subjects who received electrical stimulation in the anterior temporal lobes of the brain were three times as likely to come up with the fresh

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Sleeping Under the Stars with the Urban Park Rangers

Monday, August 8th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Living Around

Anyone who’s ever taken an afternoon nap in Central Park knows how peaceful the park can be: with birds chirping in your ear and the

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Woman Around Town: Mechele Flaum—
Making a Case for Boomers

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

Ever since they burst onto the scene following World War II, the Baby Boomers, that pig in a python generation, have made history. On January

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