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Location:Lebanon, Beirut
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Hem Sovann
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Summer brings a lot of things to NYC.

Some of these things are good.

Public pools. Outdoor movies. The free ferry to Governors Island, with its green lawns and panoramic views of the city, like so:

Gosh, isn’t that nice? Go ahead, click the photo to see it up close.

Well, come on back from your happy place now, because summer also brings some not-so-good things [...]

Perhaps I am suffering some sort of rain-induced dementia.

For those of you not living on the eastern coast of the US, here’s what you’re missing out on: rain. Rain, more rain, cloudiness, then some downpours, followed by a 30-minute window of sun where you shout, “Holy shit, I see the sun! GET YOUR SHOES ON EVERYONE!” which will immediately be followed by more [...]

Um, what?

So, there I was, watching SpongeBob with my kid, when there was an ad for The Topsy Turvy™ Tomato Planter! The Upside Down Tomato Planter!

Gee whiz! It’s topsy AND turvy!

I admit it; I was kind of into the idea, thinking about whether or not I could get away with putting one on my fire [...]

Make Your Life Gezellig with… science

I was cleaning out a cabinet when I found a folder full of random magazine pages. Most of the pages were apartment decoration ideas when I was going through a phase where I thought I’d actually ever do anything like that.

Anyway, one of the pages had photos of stuff like this:

You’ll have to envision [...]

I don’t know about you…

…but goddamn, I so want one of these:

Come on! Hydroponic spaceship herb growing pod! IT IS SO COOL.

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