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A writer’s uptown friends won’t believe her dating adventure with a New York City fire fighter.

Tags Language Adventure Romantic relationship Workplace Relocating Death Romantic Surreal Dramatic Bittersweet Wistful Sad Hopeful

Storyteller

Katherine Russell Rich

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December 1, 2008 Firemen, Bourbon, and Bathhouses

Recorded Date

October 22, 2003

“I was out of my safety zone.”

Photo by David Polenberg
Katherine Russell Rich

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