Author name: Matthew Lubin

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Coffee Shop Beer

The liquor store down the street from me has a wonderful selection of beer, wine, and spirits (I know because I used to work there). Over the last few months they’ve improved their beer selection. I decided to pick up a bottle of Lagunitas cappuccino stout for $6. I didn’t notice until I poured my […]

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Downtown

This is the first of what I hope to be many Friday Photo posts. This one comes with a longer story than most will. A few months ago, a friend from college came to visit for a weekend. I decided that we could spend the day in Manhattan, walking along the Highline Park, which is

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Monster in the Bathroom

I’ve been in many unpleasant bathrooms in my travels — mostly of the unsanitary variety in China — but this one was rather frightening. At Sierra Llorona in Panama, there are plenty of animals and insects that I’ve never previously encountered (and some that I’d prefer to never encounter again). It was not the most

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Happy Dragon

新年快乐! Happy New Year to everyone celebrating the Year of the Dragon. I have a lot of fond memories of celebrating Spring Festival in China. The last I celebrated in Shenzhen involved a lot of food–fish, dumplings, and about twelve other dishes for four people. We were thoroughly stuffed as we ate for hours. There

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