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What I Saw This Week: Observations From the Wonder City #1

What I Saw This Week: Observations From the Wonder City #1

Life moves much faster in New York City than it does anywhere else in the entire world. The world passes through this grid of gritty, grimy and glistening streets and as it does so it leaves behind sprinkles of other lands, cultures and ideas.

Every morning as I wake up, I look out my bedroom window in Harlem (which faces east towards the Bronx) and remember how fortunate I am to live in such a…

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The Art Of Being Skifty: What I'm Doing in New York City

The Art Of Being Skifty: What I’m Doing in New York City

The Skift team at Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City, Queens.

This is a REALLY exciting time to live and work in New York City. Probably one of the coolest times in recent history, discounting the skyrocketing cost of living.

Hasn’t it always been exciting, though?

Yes, and no.

The past 15 years have been something of a roller coaster ride for the city. Following 9/11, many people left…

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5 Things I've Learned From Living In New York

5 Things I’ve Learned From Living In New York

I’ve lived in New York for almost two months now, and while I’m eons away from becoming a New Yorker tried and true, I feel that I’ve been here long enough to let some preliminary lessons sink in. Every day I remind myself how lucky I am to be here, in the capital of the world. The place that everyone dreams of coming to launch their careers, but few actually get here to do that. The closest they…

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My Stint As a Manhattanite

My Stint As a Manhattanite

Dan at the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland during his trip to Europe in June.

Biking the Aran Islands. Riding the London Eye. Sampling sangria in Barcelona.

These activities seem far away now that I’m living in Manhattan, starting my post-grad life and chasing my ambitions in the most competitive city on Earth. But my Euro trip with my mom was two weeks of my life we’ll both never…

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Dan's On Tour!

Dan’s On Tour!

My Mom and I on my graduation day at UMass Amherst

Today, I’m embarking on another adventure that is shaping up to be one of my best Euro trips yet! I’m traveling to Ireland, London and Barcelona, and am ready to hit the ground running. I’ll be admiring the landscapes of Ireland and it’s stunning beauty. In London I’ll be learning about the royals and indulging in all things British. And in…

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5 Things You Should Know About Getting A Job in 2014

5 Things You Should Know About Getting A Job in 2014

First comes college, then comes a job. It’s a natural cycle for millions of college students in the U.S.  But let’s be honest, that’s WAY easier said than done. With an unemployment rate in the U.S. lingering around just under seven percent, it’s harder than ever to start getting that big paycheck right after you graduate.

I’m writing about this because I am a member of the Class of 2014 who just…

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My GoNOMAD Features: Everything from Falmouth, MA to Croatia

My GoNOMAD Features: Everything from Falmouth, MA to Croatia

Check out the rest of my GoNOMAD features that I wrote at my internship over the last semester. I had fun writing these and learning a ton about the travel industry and where it’s going.

The Palmer House Inn, where I stayed on my trip to Falmouth, MA

  One of the stories I wrote is about a tour you can take in western India that tracks the King Cobra, and another is about a Game of Thrones tour…

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Boston Has A LOT of Pride

Boston Has A LOT of Pride

The start of the Pride Parade at Copley Square with the Prudential Center in the background. All photos taken by Dan Peltier

HAPPY PRIDE! June is Pride Month for the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Ally) community. If you’ve been seeing more rainbows than usual this month, it’s not because leprechauns have invaded the city. The rainbow represents the entire…

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DC, I Love You

DC, I Love You

Last month, I began watching House of Cards, a show that basically manifests every crooked and debauched thing we suspected about DC and brings it into your livings rooms. I’m elated that I got hooked on the show after I went to DC, and some friends advised me to take this course of action. After watching a few episodes, any political aspirations I ever had were quashed and any faith I had in…

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Now I'm Really In The "Real World"

Now I’m Really In The “Real World”

Last week, I went to my doctor’s office to get a routine vaccination. After I arrived and checked in with the receptionist, a nurse came out to the waiting room to greet me. She brought me into a room with that sterilized smell that doctors’ offices have. She asked if I had any problems with my last shot and then gave me the shot and that was that. She wasn’t cold or unfriendly, but she was an…

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The Push To Get More International Students at UMass

The Push To Get More International Students at UMass

  Alaa Massae is always studying. She’s mentally reviewing her notes while making the daily drive to UMass from her West Springfield home where she lives with her parents.

While she’s eating lunch, she’s thinking about what questions to ask her teaching assistant or professor after class. At home, nearly every free moment she has is spent telling her parents about her…

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The Future of Journalism

The Future of Journalism

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had the “what are you doing after graduation” talk with friends and family over the past year. Until recently, I didn’t know how to respond. Now I know that I will be working (somewhere, not sure where yet…) at a job that hopefully won’t feel like a job.

Whenever I’m asked about my major, usually I get positive responses. Sometimes I talk to people who might…

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