Articles Written By Bridget Fitzgerald
TMN Associate Editor Bridget Fitzgerald lives, works, and generally makes merry in New York. You can email her here.
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Roundtables
The College Years
Armed with personal histories and transfer credits, grads from ’88 to ’15 hold a fall-semester seminar on majors, dorms, and the types of roommates to avoid.
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Blank for President
Sure, Obama will be running for re-election very soon, and sure, plenty of people will be backing him, but plenty of OTHER people will be running, too. So now seems...
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Liner Notes 2010
For this month's Crowdsource, we want to know: Who you would recognize in your 2010 liner notes? To all the people in your lives (maybe you know them, maybe you don't)...
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Tweeting From the Beyond
Twitter gives us a lifeline to friends far away and close, to celebrities we don't know but who we admire--to everyone, really. Well, almost everyone. This month's Of Recent Note...
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Hot Jam of Forever
There will always be those songs that remind you of summer, that get into your brain and stick there -- with your approval or without it -- for years. Occasionally...
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What I Learned From My Summer Job
Even the worst summer job can teach you something. For instance, always carry an epi-pen. Vaseline is not a substitute for sunblock. On garbage day, take the bus. Summer jobs:...
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Fantasy Road Trips
If gas was free, vacation days were unlimited, and your schedule was as open as the road ahead, where would you go? This month's Of Recent Note is: Fantasy Road...
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Alternate LOST Endings
It's the water cooler show of the decade, and now that it's over, the world is left with questions--the foremost being, "That's what they came up with?" Whether or not...
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Travel Tips You Learned the Hard Way
The good part about all the horror stories brought back from traveling is that there's usually a lesson to be learned. (Don't overpack your luggage with the creaky zipper. Do...
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What is your favorite patio beverage?
With the recent springlike weather, we are spending as much time as possible on terraces, and we can only hope your weekends also involve porches, decks, patios, and the lovely,...
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Who is your favorite American President?
Hooray for Presidents! We like our American Presidents, even if we're expats, or not pats at all. Although Lincoln and Washington suffer for having their birthdays too close together--lumping them...
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What Are Your Cures for the Common Cold?
'Tis the season of the long hard slog from New Year's to March, the snow and the rain, the wintry contagions. Thank goodness for the occasional three-day weekend and flu...