Good for me, I have been using up more products! It drives me crazy having four shampoos with half an ounce left in each, but that...

This post is just a few pictures from my trip to California. I love the fall weather we're having here in Chicago but really do think...

I went on two trips out of town in two weekends and now I have more work than I can handle and a court date on Friday! Caffeinate! In othe...

"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it i...

Recently I've been talking with friends and thinking a lot about why I live where I do. As winter stretches into March and I spend two...

I went to Charleston for a couple days with some friends last weekend. It's one of my favorite places to be, so I wanted to share some t...

Seriously, y'all, there is nothing to do in my town. I went to sit on my friend's grandparents' dock a few nights ago to just lo...

Even though I own a lot of clothes, I travel really light. The picture above is what I brought on this two-week trip to South Carolina, plus...

To anyone who is still tenaciously checking this blog: I haven't written much because my life here started to be normal and not somethin...

I'm back in the school's computer lab, and its raining outside! It's rained twice now in the past couple days, which seems speci...

I need to keep this short becuase I'm supposed to meet some Swedish guy in Zamalek in 45 minutes to go to the old Islamic quarter, where...

I'm having trouble writing. On the one hand, a lot has happened--I decided on a new flat, I went to Alexandria, I went out with friends,...

Yesterday afternoon I went to check out a flat that a friend from school told me about. It was pretty far away, in Faysal, which is a neighb...

On Saturday, I was sitting around Melissa and Marie and Liz's flat, reading Brothers K, when Melissa came to talk to me about finding a ...

FRIDAY--CHURCH AND OPERA: We don't have class Friday, Sat, and Sunday. But church is on Friday, and I went with Melissa, Marie, and anot...

Thursday (first day the 5:30 call to prayer doesn't wake me up) was more class, and more wondering about apartments. I'm still with ...

SECOND DAY OUT: The next day I was too late to go to class at ILI, but I worked on my housing situation. I looked at a flat in Dokki (and to...

BRAVING BIG BAD CAIRO ON MY OWN: So, I overslept, called Lydia in confusion, and decided to take a taxi to ILI, instead of Kalimat or the Ca...