Lily Haight

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  • Marjorie Mortensen: Queen of GreenFlea

    Marjorie Mortensen, a 78-year-old vendor at the GreenFlea Market on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, offers much more than the jewelry she has displayed at her booth. She’ll trade jokes, give restaurant recommendations, and tell stories about some of the fascinating people she’s met being a flea market vendor for 30 years, all while… Read more

  • Travelers

    Sometimes I don’t realize the potential I have to do things until I am actually doing them. Like driving from Savannah, Georgia to New York City in one day. Or eating three beignets all in one go. Street sign modifications in New Orleans Long term potential I can understand better. Like I know I have… Read more

  • Update: Version 20

    I’ve been 20 years old for a couple weeks now. I was anxious about it, like the switch from being 19 to 20 would suddenly solidify the fact that one day I am going to die. Which like, was gonna happen whether I turned 20 or not, so…. Irrational thoughts and I are dating. Had… Read more

  • Year of the Goat Chinese New Year Parade

    Hundreds of balloons escaped into the air, confetti littered the slushy sidewalks, and children dressed up like goats for the Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown on Sunday. Read more

  • Better Than Cake

    I grew up knowing that you never need an occasion to bake a batch of brownies. The go-to brownie recipe of my childhood is one that came from my aunt when she spent some time in Zambia. I originally thought it was just your average brownie recipe, but these Zambian brownies are more special, because… Read more

  • Central Park’s 4th Annual Ice Festival

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