Tag Archives: egypt
Time With a Manual Transmission
Though I haven’t had a whole lot of experience driving a stick-shift, I think the experience I do have gives me a pretty good idea of what exactly can go wrong. Instead of the easy, even acceleration that makes other drivers … Continue reading
The Lesser Known Stones of Rosetta
This weekend, I took an unexpected day trip to the village of al-Rashid. It’s also known as Rosetta, the place where the British found that stone that taught them how to read hieroglyphics… and they liked it so much they … Continue reading
“Hey Willy, See the Pyramids!”
That’s actually the title of a Maria Kalman children’s book, which I was on the fence post about liking when it was actually age appropriate. I both liked and was confused by the abstract pictures and beat-poetry type prose, and my … Continue reading
… And We’re Back.
Sorry there’s been so few posts lately. During the first part of the week, I caught a bug that made my life was not particularly interesting or appropriate for writing about, and the second half was taken up by too … Continue reading
Faster Than a Speeding Taxi (Redundant)
You know that dream you have just around the beginning of the school year, no matter how many years of school it’s been, where you sleep through your first important class? I previously had been warily relieved that this has … Continue reading
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Things Out Of Place
There is a butcher’s shop at the end of our block in the direction of the Corniche. It’s not something I ever really noticed before, because there’s no sign out front, and never anything inside, and it looks like … Continue reading
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Why “Suicide Barbie” Probably Isn’t Coming to a Jihad Near You
During their last day here, our soon-to-be Egyptian roommates took us on a shopping trip to the Ibrahimeya district just a few tram stops away from Chatby, the name of our neighborhood. I was gathering up a few last … Continue reading
Tomorrow is Ramadan, So Wear the Bathing Suit Today
Despite my eighteen years in southern California, living only two blocks away from the Mediterranean Ocean is still something that blows me away each day when I step outside my building across from St. Mark’s College and go just about … Continue reading
