Recently, I was talking to a friend about feminism when she said something that made me feel sad. We were talking about clothes and make-up and she mentioned how the tension surrounding these subjects is probably not going to go away any time soon. I forget what my reply was, if any, but I didContinue reading “Rant: Clothes, beaches and how I’m apparently “the nerdy version of Paris Hilton””
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King’s Way: A bit of internal tourism through Jordan, complete with overblown simile
So this past weekend, as previously mentioned, Boyfriend and I decided to show my brother more of Jordan. Besides the already familiar sites that are Petra & Aqaba (we actually stayed at the Radisson at Tala Bay – which is pretty sweet – but drove into Aqaba for the evening), we wanted to drive downContinue reading “King’s Way: A bit of internal tourism through Jordan, complete with overblown simile”
Monday Music: the smoky new hair edition
Because I don’t own a decent digital camera, I can’t quite do justice to the efforts of 3+ hours at the hairdresser’s today. One of these days I’ll write an ode to Amman’s Toni & Guy. People tell me it’s clichéd to go there, but, for a year and a half now, my hair hasContinue reading “Monday Music: the smoky new hair edition”
My brother is loving Jordan
And the photographic evidence is as follows: It’s nice to be able to see Jordan through a teenage boy’s eyes. It gives you a completely different sense of the place. Everything, from the Virgin store at City Mall to ordering Kebab Express, becomes an adventure. The skies look bluer, the shopkeepers seem friendlier, the catsContinue reading “My brother is loving Jordan”
Good Scottish Weather
The sun came out for a few hours today, to spoil me. Neil Gaiman once described the north of Scotland as a place where “the bones of the world show through,” and although I am nowhere near that, brooding in in Ediburgh and overhearing stuffy conversations about art (really now – if you’re viewing aContinue reading “Good Scottish Weather”
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