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For the sixth consecutive year, I'm chronicling in this space the places I visited over the past 12 months. To quote 2009, per Jason Kottke's rules only overnights are listed; repeat visits are denoted with an asterisk, and places visited prior to this year get a dagger. (N.B. It seems I beat Jason to it this year.)

New York, NY *† (home base)
Orlando, FL †
Austin, TX
Livingston, NJ *†
New City, NY *†
Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla, British West Indies
Madison, WI †
Mooresville, NC *
Chicago, IL †
Sydney, Australia
Gloucester, MA †
West Tisbury (Martha's Vineyard), MA †
West Warwick, RI
Dallas, TX
Palm Beach Gardens, FL †

I expect to get around somewhat less in 2011, although I already have trips planned or pending to Orlando, Boston, Charlotte and San Diego, so who knows.

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• Pinboard: bookmarks for werty
  My last Delicious (del.icio.us, that is--did Joshua Schachter keep that domain?) link will be a pointer to my Pinboard account. Sad to see this service go.
  (tags: internet sad)

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So I was right about one thing when I wrote about Duane Reade's new flex rewards program in January:

Ten bucks a year is below my worth-the-trouble threshold, so I'm basically done with the rewards card. I wonder how much less I'll look to DR as my default convenience store as a result.

Sure enough, I never did activate a new loyalty card. And now, between the changing system and DR's buyout by Walgreens, I find myself without loyalty to the store in general. Instead, I find myself stopping in the new CVS that opened a block away (closer to my apartment!) instead... and I've never enjoyed CVS.

Duane Reade may be making a few more bucks--or, rather, saving them--but I wonder how many of their customers have done the same thing as me.

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• YFSF: In Which the Yankees Didn't Offer the Biggest Contract
  A useful and important read, if you love (or hate) the Yankees.
  (tags: baseball sports money)

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• On Expansion Tear, Luke's Lobster Plans Location For UWS : First Word : Eater NY
  This is nothing but good news, except maybe for the folks at the Mermaid Inn up the block
  (tags: food nyc)

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• McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I'm the Foursquare Mayor of This Goddamn Safeway.
  Love. "Did you notice I'm currently the Foursquare mayor of Phoenix City Hall? Do you even know what that means? I'll tell you what it means: it means I'm kind of almost LITERALLY THE MAYOR."
  (tags: internet humor)

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• Seth's Blog: The inevitable decline due to clutter
  This observation also applies to my desk.
  (tags: business personal)

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