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    The Johnny Weir Skating Academy?

    I think he’d be very good at choreography, and I liked his technique although I was never a technique expert. I just hope he hires an actual nutritionist because his starvation diets are hopefully just his personal choice and not a method to recommend to aspiring athletes.
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    European Christmas Markets

    I went a long time ago in 2007 and loved it, but probably because I chose cities based on other interests, as Mikey suggested and just did it at night for an hour or two. I started in Frankfurt since that’s where I landed, but quickly moved to Cologne and Heidelberg and ended in Berlin...
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    Craig Simpson & Jamie Sale

    The reason I care about what Q anon says is: 1. social media spreads the info faster to a low informed, high consuming group of people; as much as I want to believe people are smarter than believing it, it’s a significant number of people who do but for me, it’s my empathetic nature to really...
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    Regional Cuisine

    beef on weck - Buffalo, NY roast beef and its juices on a special Polish-American roll that has big flakes of sea salt and caraway seeds on it, often with horseradish on the beef as a condiment chicken french - chicken cooked in a lemon butter sauce that Italian immigrants created in Rochester...
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    Regional Cuisine

    yes, I really enjoyed Maine. The seafood is fresh and delicious whereas I agree Massachusetts inexplicably transforms their clams into fried nothings. You can only taste the breadcrumbs. I found clam chowder better in Maine compared to MA/CT/RI too.
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    Regional Cuisine

    Western NY: chicken wings beef on weck chicken french chicken riggies garbage plate white hots I don’t eat any of it, even though I’ve always lived here aside from my university years. what I do love: variety of fruits and vegetables that grow here. Farmers markets are everywhere, and I...
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    As the Page Turns (the Book Thread)

    I just read “One Italian Summer” by Rebecca Serle. They will inevitably make a movie, and then we’ll have to deal with even more people descending upon Positano. It’s enjoyable if you like a quick, light read. The protagonist is immature and annoying, but this was one book where I actually...
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    Craig Simpson & Jamie Sale

    She is not a surprise to me. Her wedding was…interesting.
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    Broadway musicals

    I’ll be going to London, got cheap tickets for The Play That Goes Wrong, King Lear (at the Globe), and Jersey Boys (row 7 for 30 pounds, yay!). Have t seen any, any one have personal opinions?
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    Katia Gordeeva remarried??

    Katia has always tried to “both sides”, which I think is a product of her Soviet upbringing. For example, the My Sergei book was rather critical of coach Zhuk but any of her television interviews in Russia praises him. Her social media post on this last Olympics praised the Russian figure...
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    CAS rules Valieva can compete - reactions/fallout, plus some details from the hearing

    The other skaters have been under extra pressure too, I’m sure. I hope the event is not a splat-fest. In my dreams I hope Wakaba skates clean and wows the world with her free skate and becomes the Yuna of 2014. But the whole event now has a cloud over it and it’s sad not be excited about...
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    Russian Figure Skater tests positive for drugs - delays ceremony for team medals

    I think CAS made the wrong decision. I also think if it were another sport it wouldn’t have been that decision….figure skating once again is dismissed as not a sport, at least subconsciously. it’s unfair to everyone. If Kamila skates great, there will always be an asterisk next to her name...
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    Russian women news & updates, 2021-22 season

    Geez….Plushy could have left out “and her coaching staff” and it would have been a fine message.
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    From Russia With Love [#40]: Summer 2021 & into the Olympic season

    If Dave Lease is right then that points to team doctors, I imagine, and coach knowledge. Oh boy….
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    Michelle Kwan is nominated as ambassador to Belize

    Not a winter sports country which I would have predicted but her statement talks about migration, economics, and the pandemic. I’ve been to Belize - lovely place with some cool Mayan ruins, rainforests, beaches, and one of the top places for snorkeling/scuba. English is the language...
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