About Me
- Name: Abacaxi Mamao
- Location: New York, NY, United States
I am a chocolate-loving, word-loving, Jewish, 40-something woman (still) finding my way in the world. (However, I blogged the most from 2005-2009, when I was ~25-30 years old.)
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Best Posts
- On Traveling Alone
- On Laundry and Letting Go
- Sibling Abuse
- Halachic Male Gaze and Body Weight vs. Body Feel
- Embracing the Nerd Within
- Moderately Self-Righteous Rant
- To New Beginnings
- Homes: Temporary and Semi-Permanent
- Julia Sweeney & ALG on God
- "Because You Have Struggled with God and Prevailed": Thoughts on Parshat VaYishlach
Categories
- Judaism
- mental health
- Brazil
- Torah
- gender
- Parsha (weekly Torah portion)
- New York
- family
- childhood
- life
What I'm Reading
- Freakanomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables, by John Peterson
- Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism, by Dr. Tamar Ross
- Love's Executioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy, by Irvin D. Yalom
What I Want to Read
- Human Rights in Judaism: Cultural, Religious, and Political Perspectives, Edited by Michael J. Broyde and John Witte, Jr.
- Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family, by Stephen J. Dubner
- "Ethnicity and Mixed Ethnicity: Educational Gaps Among Israeli-Born Jews"
- "Body & Soul: A Guide for Addressing Eating Disorders in a Jewish Education Setting"
- ×ת×××××ת עצ××ת ×©× × ×©×× ××צ×ת ×¢×©× ×©×××× ×ר×× (E. Berkovits)
- "On Being Sane in Insane Places"
- "Shame and Illness: A Jewish Perspective"
Blogs I Read (Sometimes)
- Aidel Maidel
- A Little Pregnant
- Bitch Ph.D.
- Breeding Imperfection
- Chayyei Sarah
- Elie's Expositions
- First Fruits
- JDaters Anonymous
- JSpot
- The Jew and the Carrot
- LabRab
- Laid-Off Dad
- Live the Questions
- MahRabu
- Mikhaela's News Blog
- Moxie
- My Urban Kvetch
- Ruby K's Riot Act
- Shamir*Power
- SmelBlog
- Something Cheesy This Way Comes
- Uncommon Misconception
- Wasted Birth Control
- Yutopia
Blog Directories
Things to do in NYC for $0-$10 (Mostly)
- Bronx Zoo (free-Wed.)
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden (free-Tues.)
- Center for Jewish History
- Central Park
- City Parks Foundation
- Comedy Cellar
- CUNY Graduate Center
- Cooper Union
- JCC in Manhattan
- Madison Square Park Conservancy
- Makor Films
- Manhattan School of Music
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum of the City of New York
- NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation
- NY Historical Society
- NY Liberty (summer)
- NYPL
- Prospect Park
- River to River (summer)
- Symphony Space Movies
- Upright Citizens' Brigade
- World Financial Center
Highlights of Brazil (more than $10 but less smelly than NYC)
- Tennis Point
- Ipanema Inn - Rio de Janeiro
- Colegio Talmud Torah Bar-Ilan - Rio de Janeiro
- Parque das Aves - Foz do Iguacu (English)
- Rio de Janeiro Tourism (English)
