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That One Time in Harlem

That One Time in Harlem

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Sep 14, 2022
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In 2019, I went on a ten-day trip with my friends Teresa and John. Teresa's sister-in-law had just completed a documentary on the Peace Corp called A Towering Task, and it was premiering at the Kennedy Center. I was leaving Seattle to move to Portland in a few weeks, and it was our last vacation together departing from the same hometown. 

Our plan was to…

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