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We Are Now Okay

It’s been a long twenty months. At the beginning, we were all in the same boat. Businesses closing, stock market tanking, friends, family…

Dec 5, 2021

We Are Now Okay

Dec 5, 2021

Life on Pause

Here we are again. To most people outside Louisiana, it’s been 16 years since our last major hurricane. But for those of us living the…

Sep 10, 2021

Life on Pause

Sep 10, 2021

My First Week in the Third World

The Bywater is gritty and bohemian, sweaty and seductive. It may be only twenty minutes from the other side of town, but the people here…

Jun 6, 2021

My First Week in the Third World

Jun 6, 2021

Viva la Mexico

Owning a Mexican restaurant doesn’t make me Mexican. Trips to Cancun, Acapulco, and Puerto Vallarta didn’t either. But visiting Mexico City…

Apr 29, 2021

Viva la Mexico

Apr 29, 2021

I’m Bored And I don’t Like It

It’s raining cats and dogs right now. It hasn’t rained like this in months. Freezing temperatures are on the horizon, possibly even a…

Feb 11, 2021

I’m Bored And I don’t Like It

Feb 11, 2021

It Is What It Is

(Update: just found out it was a false positive and we are all in the clear)

Nov 21, 2020

It Is What It Is

Nov 21, 2020

NoMo FOMO

Leaving home is never easy. Neither is getting home.

Nov 11, 2020

NoMo FOMO

Nov 11, 2020

50 Things That 50 Is

Shout out to Kermit Ruffins for his song “What is New Orleans” and to Ethan Hawke who shares a birth date with me.

Nov 6, 2020

50 Things That 50 Is

Nov 6, 2020

Help Us!

I know you are surprised to hear from me, but please this letter is request of dire assistance. I am Sr. Roberto Cencione, from Málaga…

Oct 31, 2020

Help Us!

Oct 31, 2020

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Covid Traveler

Will We Ever Travel Again?

Traveling is a passion of mine. When I was growing up on Long Island, I never traveled outside the U.S. Family vacation were to Florida or…

Oct 28, 2020

Will We Ever Travel Again?

Oct 28, 2020

Donald Trump Isn’t Gone Yet, and I am Worse For It

by Shane Finkelstein and Hunter S. Thompson

Oct 24, 2020

Donald Trump Isn’t Gone Yet, and I am Worse For It

Oct 24, 2020

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Covid Traveler

I Have a Confession to Make

Traveling isn’t easy. Parenting isn’t easy. Life isn’t easy. Here we are in Seville, Spain on Day 76 of the Finkelstein Follies. It’s been…

Oct 22, 2020

I Have a Confession to Make

Oct 22, 2020

Falling in Love Again

I was born in Brooklyn, New York. I had no say in the matter. That’s where my parents grew up and that’s where I was conceived. That’s…

Oct 15, 2020

Falling in Love Again

Oct 15, 2020

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Covid Traveler

Why in the World Did We Do This?

We are now starting our third month of traveling abroad. I just went back and reread my first Medium article about why we decided to leave…

Oct 11, 2020

Why in the World Did We Do This?

Oct 11, 2020

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What’s different about living overseas?

We are currently on week eight of our European covidication and spending a week in our sixth different city, Porto. I thought it was a…

Oct 6, 2020

What’s different about living overseas?

Oct 6, 2020

When There’s a Will There’s a Way (aka What the Fuck Have We Done?)

When we left New Orleans, we had no plan. We quit our jobs, sold our home, enrolled the kids in virtual school, and got on a plane to…

Oct 2, 2020

When There’s a Will There’s a Way (aka What the Fuck Have We Done?)

Oct 2, 2020

I Hate Hate

Every time I open Facebook nowadays, it’s filled with hate. The Left hates the Right. The Right hates the Left. Trump hates immigrants…

Sep 27, 2020

I Hate Hate

Sep 27, 2020

November 6, 2050, Orlando, Florida

Remy’s bringing the kids over today. I’m so excited to see them. Can’t believe I’m 80. Never thought I’d make it this far. Courtney’s been…

Sep 23, 2020

November 6, 2050, Orlando, Florida

Sep 23, 2020

Survivor’s Guilt

Survivor guilt (or survivor’s guilt; also called survivor syndrome or survivor’s syndrome and survivor disorder or survivor’s disorder) is…

Sep 20, 2020

Survivor’s Guilt

Sep 20, 2020

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Roman Ruins and Water Sports

We’ve entered our fifth week on the road and took a little detour in Croatia. Our original plan of Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik was…

Sep 16, 2020

Roman Ruins and Water Sports

Sep 16, 2020

Shane Finkelstein

Shane Finkelstein

Author, Restaurateur, Festival Producer, Husband and Father of three on hiatus from life in New Orleans and living abroad during a pandemic.

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