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Fly Bravely

Lia Buffa De Feo

Fly Bravely delivers storytelling about observations of everyday life, moments of magnitude (grief, loss, celebration), and the history of NYC. Each newsletter features a story + a photo of the week.

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Latest Issues

The Flashlight Hour

Carolina and our homemade paper bag piñata at her birthday party.

This week, Carolina turns eight. The same age as her older sister, Marianna, when I met her. It feels like a parenting milestone—the mysteries of zero to eight are behind me...

9 days ago
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Before Dirty Soda, There was the New York Egg Cream

Photo by David Guerrero from Pexels

As a kid, soda was a highly controlled substance in our house. Its presence could be counted on during very special occasions like Easter, Christmas, or a family birthday party. As our family grew, our h...

16 days ago
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The Last Day New York Cheered at Aqueduct

“Subway Sun” poster for the New York City Transit Authority by Amelia Opdyke Jones, 1960.

A couple of weeks ago, I read that this weekend is the last weekend of horse racing at Aqueduct Park. I didn’t want to miss it. Michael already had p...

23 days ago
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The Coney Island Mermaid Parade

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Carolina woke up like a bottle of shaken seltzer. Slowly releasing pent up pressure—and then exploding. There wasn’t any reasonable explanation for why she was feeling this way. There was no school and we had a great day ahead t...

a month ago
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Victory in the City: Taking it all in.

It’s 1 a.m., and the hum of our air conditioner is (mostly) drowning out the noise from the street below.

Cheers.

Brun-son! (Clap, clap, clap) Brun-son!

Singing.

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

There’s nothin’ you can’t do

No...

a month ago
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  • Lia Buffa De Feo

    Forever-curious storyteller, NYC native, and mother to children here & gone. Moth StorySLAM winner. Contributor to NYT, WaPo, CNN, & Refinery29. Stories about motherhood, infertility, NYC, creativity & courage—one Sunday at a time.

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