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avitalb

  1. Everyone's atwitter about the new Gatsby flick but I'm more a Kerouac fan than a Fitzgerald one. That said: youtube.com/watch?v=N9vsE0… #ontheroad about 6 hours ago via web
  2. @paulrauber Oh. I just figured it was you because you're the one who always does gallantly start another. 4:03 PM May 24th via web in reply to paulrauber
  3. @SarahFKessler Just did the legwork I shoulda done before asking. CONGRATS! I feel a bit like a proud parent. Long live lifestyle journos! 4:01 PM May 24th via web
  4. @SarahFKessler Probably. I have a feeling it's @paulrauber's doing. BTW, what are people congratulating you about? 3:52 PM May 24th via web in reply to SarahFKessler
  5. This is the type of office signage you see when you work at @Sierra_Club. instagr.am/p/LBsjvVs0gB/ 3:42 PM May 24th via Instagram
  6. MT @Sharonfeder Mashable's launching a lifestyle channel today: mashable.com/2012/05/24/int… 10:22 AM May 24th via web
  7. @nbj914 @NiemanLab Sounds a little alarmist to me. 1:38 PM May 23rd via web in reply to nbj914
  8. Los Angeles becomes America's biggest city to ban plastic bags: latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/… via @lanow 1:34 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  9. This 4-minute @AP presentation explains everything you need to know about today's presidential election in #Egypt: apne.ws/JpHgAq 8:42 AM May 23rd via web
  10. @travelsofadam @SavoirThere Sorry to hear. Experiences like that are why I no longer travel sans a book that can take me away. 8:32 AM May 23rd via web in reply to travelsofadam
  11. "When faced w/uncontrollable stressors, optimists tend to react by building 'existential resources'” well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/a-r… via @nytimeshealth 8:27 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  12. @travelsofadam What happened? 7:41 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to travelsofadam
  • Name Avital B. Andrews
  • Location San Francisco
  • Web http://www.avital...
  • Bio Writer, reader, magazine editor, Army wife, traveler, environmentalist, vegetarian, marathoner, media nerd, wannabe psychologist, lover of big ideas
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