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Travel to Saturn: cups and kilos
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If Thursday's the new Friday, then Saturday's the new Sunday, so today we're busy studying away at our favorite lesbian-owned cafe in Amman. And today, there's the added bonus of the lesbian owners (or so we're pretty sure) hanging around smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee outside. Moomkin we will ask them for help with our Arabic later. Studious friends. hailing from portland, they're part of the mini-oregon we've created here. Surreptitious photo of the lesbian owners. You two rock it! All I ever w...
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Travel to Saturn: Northerly
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Though we intended to travel to Syria for the Aid Al-Fitr holiday, certain car bombings got in the way of our plans. To say the least, we were a tad upset with the general martyr community, but we did manage to salvage the vacation anyway. How, you ask? Well, we decided to conduct a survey of every single Roman column in Jordan. Certainly more exciting than Damascus “all roads lead to Damascus,” Syria. Victorian inn bed and breakfast. The complete structure of this destination represents a flawless archi...
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Travel to Saturn: Salt-Encrusted
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This past weekend brought us on a modest exhibition to the dead sea. What with all the stinging, skin-burning salt, it didn't exactly make for a relaxing dip. But hey, it's pretty close to Jesus's old stomping grounds, so we can't complain too much. We're waving at you! How is is possible? The suckers who paid three dinar for mud. The non-sucker who stole some guy's mud. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Back Seat Capitalist. Get yo hijaab on. View my complete profile.
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Travel to Saturn: November 2008
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This past weekend brought us on a modest exhibition to the dead sea. What with all the stinging, skin-burning salt, it didn't exactly make for a relaxing dip. But hey, it's pretty close to Jesus's old stomping grounds, so we can't complain too much. We're waving at you! How is is possible? The suckers who paid three dinar for mud. The non-sucker who stole some guy's mud. Get yo' hijaab on. Mummy and daddy all dressed up. My loves- gena, lisa, and jess. All the haloweats you could dream of. All I ever wan...
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Travel to Saturn: Have It Our Way?
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Have It Our Way? Yes, yes, after such disappointments, we began to doubt the Burger King slogan entirely. Have it our way? NB Burger King may be the product of globalization, but it is highly favored by the locals. We enjoyed our whoppers in a packed restaurant of more than fifty muslim burger-lovers. You know what they say. When in Amman. I'm kind of surprised at how strictly they follow Ramadan in Jordan. Don't they have one of the largest non-Muslim populations in the Arab world? A Royally Good Time.
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Travel to Saturn: get yo' hijaab on
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Get yo' hijaab on. Sometimes we and our friends get the urge, quite naturally, to, well, get our hijaab on. Cultural insensitivity aside, I think it's a barrel of monkeys for everybody involved. Oh, and I'd like to take this opportunity to say I told you so to my father, who has been convinced from day one that if I just wore a hijaab, I'd fit in. Clearly not. There must be a little more to the story. You didn't fit in because.you had a beer in your hand or? November 19, 2008 at 3:58 AM. Get yo hijaab on.
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Travel to Saturn: September 2008
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Petra It's all a bit blase, don't you think? Siq makes the city easy to defend. neat-o, huh? The mildly famous treasury. Riding through the desert on a [donkey] with no name. After hiking to the monastery. perhaps you can't tell, but we're standing terrifyingly close to the edge here. and about to fall right into israel. Disorienting view. these mountains allow for very little depth perception. This looks pretty much like the treasury, but much harder to get to. Oh hey, liz. Why yes, this is. The first d...
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Travel to Saturn: October 2008
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A Royally Good Time. Yesterday was a monumental day in my life. I met His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal. Audrey, Prince Hassan, me, and Gena. PS To whoever is reading this blog for the Prince: If you get a chance, tell His Royal Highness it was a pleasure to meet him. Missing you, Elizabeth. Studious friends. hailing from portland, they're part of the mini-oregon we've created here. Surreptitious photo of the lesbian owners. And just because we know you miss our dulcet tones. All that column ...
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Travel to Saturn: Happy Birfday!
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Jessica and I had the pleasure of helping my host brother Waseem celebrate his 24th birthday (in style, of course.) It also happened to be, like, 5 other people's birthdays too. We prepared some traditional chocolate chip cookies, among many other sweets and sugary surprises. The night mostly consisted of us dancing in the middle of about 30 of my family members, who were too shy to dance. Or maybe it was that they just enjoyed our "American" moves. Mummy and daddy all dressed up. The Back Seat Capitalist.
