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    ‘Friends’ on the Path to Enlightenment

    by Blair Glaser Nov 14, 2019 4 minutes
    ‘Friends’ on the Path to Enlightenment, by Blair Glaser. Photograph of woman looking out at sun over the sea by Philipp Cordts
    Photograph by Philipp Cordts

    One woman muses about life on her own path to enlightenment — from an ashram to the iconic 90s TV show Friends

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    A radio ad blared over the supermarket speakers, and a pit in my stomach grew to the size of the melon I was sniffing.

    We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Friends! Celebrate your favorite 90s TV show with us by sending in your favorite scenes and characters!

    The melon wasn’t ripe enough for my upcoming fiftieth birthday celebration — a weekend away with dear friends — but the memory of watching Friends for the first time was as fragrant as ever.

    I was twenty-something and living a totally different life than the glamorous group of friends in the show, with their huge Greenwich Village apartments. 

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