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Stockholm

Most people I know are dying to go to Copenhagen but I honestly much preferred Stockholm. Between the countless world-class museums and the super sweet girls I got Fika and went out with, I fell in love with Stockholm and its Venetian charm.

@sophiafodor

Sep 18, 2024

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tie: reykjavic + amsterdam

we have discussed this in the past, for sure, but in a close race alongside germany, the netherlands and iceland have to take the cake for me. i was fortunate enough to have gone to a high school that was big on international experiences due to our foreign exchange program, so through that i visited london, paris, and reykjavic. when my ex’s family lived in germany, it was easy to visit the surrounding countries + we did an amsterdam trip for his bday. its usually a shock to people w whom i discuss this that paris/london aren’t long-shot winners in my tourist rankings, but it’s not hard to believe that amsterdam’s culture and art and ARCHITECTURE and everything and everything and EVERYTHING?!!?! i would die a million times over to live out my life in that environment. however, while more impractical, reykjavik is surreal. nothing will ever compare to the landscape of iceland as is- it is something out of dreams and fantasies and product of everything good in the world. put a little artsy city right in the middle? absolutely insane. iceland story: when we arrived at our first hotel, we parked right in front of a museum with a bunch of… freaky, for lack of better phrasing, artwork and sculptures? our school’s beloved life science teacher took on the mission of translating: a school bus of 8th and 9th graders had parked in front of iceland’s penis museum.

@slut

Nov 25, 2024

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odense denmark

lived there for 2022-2023 ! very beautiful and heartwarming and extremely safe alone at night as a woman and and wow this place owns my heart actually .. and ryanair works wonders like you have never seen .. if you like beer and fashion and biking and nice people and weird food actually take me with you

@natmat

Apr 10, 2024

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VAMPIRE WEEKEND

Vampire Weekend is the best band of all time. I exclusively listen to Edith Piaf, the Newsies Soundtrack, and Vampire Weekend. But mostly Vampire Weekend. I play that shit on repeat all day long. I wake up and listen to “Horchata” for about an hour, then I move on to the song “Step” and then for the rest of the day, walking around New York, I listen to their album “Father of the Bride.” I fell in love for the first time to the sounds of Vampire Weekend, and so I just don’t see the point in listening to anything else. I’ve never had sex to Vampire Weekend but my next boyfriend will love doing that, I just know it. VW’s music lifts me up and shoves me down and makes me nostalgic for things I have and haven’t had. Their music works well in every country. I feel like life is big and beautiful and that I’m absolutely unstoppable when “I Stand Corrected” is blasting. People like to say I have terrible taste in music but I disagree. Also, there is nothing ironic about my praise here. I love Vampire Weekend. I hope one day I become semi-famous so that they will have no choice but to play at my wedding.

@annie-hamilton

Sep 21, 2021

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CATHERINE STREET CIGARETTE STORE

I smoke a lot of cigarettes. It is what it is. I smoke a pack and a half a day, which is scary, but is also kind of cool. In NYC, that’s a lot of moolah so I had to do a lot of searching to find the folks who sell cigs for cheap. The deli on Catherine street in Chinatown sells packs for ten dollars a pop. I thought about giving the full name and address away, but I also live in fear of their prices spiking so instead I will just tell you it’s near Madison and is certainly on Catherine. Goodluck.

@annie-hamilton

Sep 21, 2021

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AN EXCERPT FROM CHERYL STRAYED’S “DEAR SUGAR” COLUMN

People often ask me for relationship advice because I have an unhinged Twitter account that documents my romantic pitfalls. I find it to be pretty disconcerting considering I am an emotional monster and a loser in the sack, but for some reason, cute college girls still come knocking. I have a compulsive need to share everything I’m thinking to anyone who will listen, but I’ve never gone into explicit detail about my last relationship partly because I really respect my ex,  and partly because I still don’t know what to make of it. I cheated on him. It was awful. I promised myself I’d never be unfaithful again because I know no greater pain than hurting the person you love. My last ex is the only person I’ve ever broken up with, and it took me forever to do it. First, we went on a break. Then, we got back together. Then he proposed. I didn’t say no but I didn’t say yes either. It took three months to fully break up, and it was only until I read this article that I was able to muster the courage to do the damn thing. I loved my ex with all my heart - in ways I still love him - and it was so hard to part ways because  he hadn’t done anything “wrong.” He was impossibly dedicated to me. Impossibly kind, impossibly smart, impossibly loving. But I knew things weren’t working. I knew I wanted more. Anyway, this article says it better than I can. Bottom line: If there is a “tiny clear voice” inside you that is saying “GO”, you must listen to it.

@annie-hamilton

Sep 21, 2021