Tag: happiness

  • So Here’s the Spiel

    So Here’s the Spiel

    There’s an episode in the first season of “Girls” when Hannah Horvath/Lena Dunham goes home to Michigan for a weekend. The ostensive purpose of the trip is to see her parents (if I recall correctly, an anniversary is involved), but our favorite would-be Voice of a Generation manages to squeeze in a date with her mother’s…

  • 10 Quick and Easy Ways to Cope with Homesickness

    10 Quick and Easy Ways to Cope with Homesickness

    There are many pluses to moving away from your hometown to New York, or to any big city. You grow as a person, getting to know yourself and becoming more independent and confident. You get to experience new places, people, and cultures. You have an automatic aura of cool when you go home because you…

  • Hey, New York, Quit Harshin’ My Vibe

    Hey, New York, Quit Harshin’ My Vibe

    I went to Providence a couple weeks ago. I spent four very happy college years there and still have a lively cohort of friends who have stayed on for one reason or another, so with my first weekend day off in many moons I decided to pop up for a visit. October in Providence is…