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My Own Private Parking Lot

Posted on March 9, 2010 by cara

NEVER THOUGHT I COULD GET SO EXCITED ABOUT PARKING, outside of finding a spot in the East Village on a Saturday night. For the past two days, the construction of a parking court — that sounds pretentious, but it’s not … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Garden Clean-Up

Posted on December 16, 2009 by cara

YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LOOKING at this 20’x25′ backyard with its battered brick wall, which is attached to the rear unit of the double-trinity house I own in the Old Kensington section of Philadelphia, that the garden is a … Continue reading →

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Walking and Stalking

Posted on November 3, 2009 by cara

UPDATE, April 2011: The photos that originally accompanied this post, which I took while looking over the moon gate of this cottage as described below, were accidentally deleted from my WordPress media library, along with the photos on several months’ … Continue reading →

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Decisions, Decisions

Posted on September 3, 2009 by cara

THESE DAYS, I’M FACED WITH CHOICES I couldn’t have predicted a few months back, when I lived in a brownstone in Brooklyn. They’re fun choices, not matters of life and death. Still, they are perplexing. For example: Fencing: how high? … Continue reading →

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