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And by 'world,' Hugo means France.

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This tower is a tribute to 9/11, Hugo. Have another Freedom Fry.

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Ze French hearts, zey are so much more résilient zan ze American hearts.

Something tells me, he isn't going to take it as hard as you think. He tried to end things before he left, you begged him to "do long distance," so he spent the night and then headed off to France. Now I assume you're staying with him while he enjoys an American business trip. He's using you girl. Get out of there fast.

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Definitely not the cheapest show in town.

Mrs. Wanders and I went to see Hamilton in Philadelphia last fall. I felt no need to compare it to other shows. We loved it even though our back-of-the-house seats were pretty pricey. But we had this crazy experience. The show started, and this group of about eight women sitting behind us kept talking, and it was distracting. They weren't directly behind us, they were behind the couple to my right, and the women were sitting four-and-four, four people on the row behind us, and four behind them. They'd clearly gone for drinks and were feeling pretty relaxed. One lady kept asking everyone in her group what the actors were saying, and I thought, if you'd stop talking and listen you could understand. It seemed like they had no idea what they were attending, and I started to believe they'd won their tickets on a radio contest. At one point, one of them started playing a video on her phone, but pretty quickly turned off the sound. Still! I turned to give them the stink eye once or twice, but to no avail.

When the lights came up for intermission, the lady sitting next to me turned to me and looked at me as if to say, "Help." I said, "Are they bothering you as much as they are bothering us?" She said she had kept turning around, and even asked them to be quiet, to no avail. That's when I took action, not for me, but for the couple sitting directly in front of them. I stood up, looked at the group and said in my most intensely restrained Dad voice, "You Have Got To Stop Talking During the Performance. It is Rude and ruining the show for everyone else." They all froze and stared at me, and then all of them got really quiet, and some were even embarrassed. The others around us were clearly on my side. I sat down, and the husband of the woman next to me leaned over and said, "If you want to do that during the second act, I've got your back."

But it was completely quiet behind us during the last half. I turned around to discover eight empty seats.

Folks, even if your tickets are free, please don't talk during live performances. It is incredibly rude. Also, don't compare it to French cabaret. It isn't fair, since nothing can compare to French cabaret.

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"I prefer 2001: l'odyssée de l'espace."

So now we can extrapolate the lag time between Story to Print. The Sony slash Star Wars pop-up exhibit in New York ran last December when anyone could enjoy NYC (In fact, my family did). There's a pandemic coming, and these two kids don't even know. When Dawn has to start video chatting with both Hugo AND Jared, that's when it will get real.

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I know that when I go to Marseilles, I'm going to order chicken and waffles first thing. I mean, I'm in France - so of course I'm ordering American food.

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"Okay, now that you've flown across the continent and booked a hotel room at your own expense, I will spend all day working and then in my limited 'down time,' I can do some stuff with you."

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Clarity!

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Because if we know one thing about Dawn, it's her decisiveness in matters of the heart. This trip to New York will clear up everything.

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"I begged and begged for a long distance relationship. I'd like to be there when I break up with him."

P.S. Sorry. I wrote this this morning but forgot to hit publish.