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A Night at the Dakota
I’m sitting at the Dakota Jazz Club bar staring at soft, amber lights. My thoughts wander. Soon I’m standing at the end of Jay Gatsby’s dock seeing lights across the water. That green one, that’s on Daisy’s dock. Daisy…she wasn’t … Continue reading
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