This past Saturday I attended a photography workshop given by Ryan Brenizer, one of the rising stars in wedding photography, and someone whose overall approach to wedding shooting and portraiture is, I feel, quite close to my own (how close […]
The Egyptian soccer team is just defeated arch-rivals Algeria in the semi-finals of the African Nations cup. They will now face Ghana in the finals. Egypt has won the last 2 Cups, in 2006 and 2008. Four years ago, I […]
I’ve loved the accordion for a long time, but I first picked one up last year while living in Amsterdam. America has had a fraught relationship with the squeezebox, from the Polka craze of the 1950s, to its complete cultural rejection epitomized […]
I bought this shisha/hookah/nargileh/water pipe/hubblebubble/whatever at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. I liked its modern, unadorned look – totally unlike 99% of the shishas sold there. I enjoyed bargaining with the shop owner, in English, for about 20 minutes. It […]
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