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Gifts for the dad who feels everything

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Today is my dad’s 78th birthday. Buying presents for him is always hard.  Not because he’s “the man who has everything,” but because he’s “the man who wants nothing normal.”

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family, hand-picked, memories, my dad, New York City, nostalgia birthdays, childhood, dad, family, gifts, memories, my dad, shopping

“F” is for Food Emporium. And for my boycott.

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I’m boycotting the Food Emporium on my corner. You can’t see the stains and rips on the paper tablecloth in the photo above, or the clearly spoiled egg salad sandwich that guy in the background snapped up for half off. (Or more!!!!!) But still, it pretty much captures the level of professionalism there.

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things that annoy me anger, boycotting, marketing, shopping

Never go to the mall with these guys.

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I turn 40 today. When you reach 40, you get nostalgic for things just because you remember them. At least I do. I was like, “remember Menudo?” and then I was like, “Awww, Menudo!” ABC used to show them in the Saturday morning commercial breaks during the show “Dear Alex and Annie.” I went to […]

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pop culture, wayback 1980s, Menudo, shopping, video

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