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What Costs More in 2011?

Living in an area with fairly good public transportation — in addition to having an infant who does not like car rides much — I hardly ever drive anymore. I even walk to the grocery store, pushing Claire in her stroller (thank goodness our stroller has a huge bottom compartment that fits 5-6 full grocery bags). So when I took the car out Friday night and saw that I was running dangerously low on gas, I was in for a rude awakening. $55 for a full tank of gas??!!! Apparently this wasn't that bad, either. Friends tell me that gas prices have actually decreased in the past month, and that they were regularly forking over more than $60. And this was in the state of New...

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My Exciting Friday Night

Last night, I got to meet one of my all-time favorite authors. I also indulged in the best fried chicken in New York. And that was one of the most exciting things to have happened to this 6-months pregnant mother of a 9-month old in a very very long time. Sad, isn't it? The rest of the post will chronicle this action-packed evening, so this is an advance warning to those who may feel that their time may be better spent skipping the rest of this long entry. Please feel free to stop reading now. But for those who are interested...

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