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Portrait mode converts

Michelle came over to test out her new iPhone 7 Plus and somehow I became the unofficial photography instructor. We spent two hours on my...

Elena Michelle Rodriguez
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Midnight mission

Tickets purchased three weeks ago. Outfit planned since Tuesday. Jake questioned my commitment to a midnight showing on a work night exac...

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Cinderella syndrome

Carmen’s birthday dinner was supposed to be a quick celebration at that new tapas place downtown. Three hours and way too many small plat...

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Cardiac terminology and caffeine crashes

Michelle arrived at seven with her anatomy textbook and enough highlighters to color-code the entire human circulatory system. Three hour...

Elena Michelle Rodriguez
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Live entertainment, ground floor

Three o’clock on a Tuesday and the courtyard below our apartment has turned into dinner theater. Woman in 2B is having what appears to be...

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Dawn patrol

6:15am and Jake’s already up making his signature scrambled eggs. I swear this man could sleep through a fire alarm but somehow always wa...

Elena Jake Morrison
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Lost in translation

Abuela Rosa’s recipe cards arrived yesterday in a manila envelope with my name written in her careful cursive. I spread them across the k...

Elena
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Energy reserves at 12%

Sarah’s birthday dinner is in an hour and I’m sitting here staring at my closet like it personally wronged me.

Elena
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