JuliaWho says it’s not possible to make new friends as you get old? It is definitely challenging. You’re solid set in your own ways and the willingness to adjust is long gone. But there are coincidences.<br>
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Exploring Flushing with my friend Wen whom I met cooking at Enoteca Maria on Staten Island just a few months ago but feel like I’ve known her forever. Wen knows this neighborhood as the palm of her hand and shares it generously. <br>
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From food courts, to restaurants, to grocery shopping, to self care, she gave me tips and showed things I would have never found on my own. <br>
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Going home with a full belly and a full notepad. Plus a huge bag of groceries over my shoulder full of things I never knew existed. <br>
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Pro dining tip. If in a crowded Flushing basement you need a place to land, order stinky tofu — people flee. There might be one really old grandma who would look at your plate and nod in approval:<br>
— You know good things.<br>
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