Spent the weekend visiting two of New Jersey’s big beach communities: Asbury Park and Atlantic City. Both of which, apparently, have websites. Who’d ‘uv thunk it? Sadly, this was my first and probably only trip down the shore this summer—although I fully intend to go in September when the beaches are more empty, but still [...]
Also tagged new jerseyMy Next Big Adventure will be a 9 month work stint in…Arkansas! Specifically, I’ll being in the Northwest part of the state, the little pink circle below: Source: Google Maps Look at that prime location! I’ve never been down in this area before, first trip is June 5-9, and am so excited that I’ll be [...]
Also tagged arkansas, language, photographsLast Friday night I had the opportunity to try Afghani food for the first time with some of my best girlfriends. One of them is very active in our university Muslim Student Association (MSA) and had gotten quite a few recommendations for Silk Road from her Afghani friends. It was a little bit of a [...]
Also tagged afghani, food, new jersey, universityI was driving today, not an unusual occurrence this summer as I have a dedicated car this summer (my father’s SUV), but, it finally struck me that: I don’t hate driving anymore. Now, this lack of hate is not a like. The scale goes a little more like: Soul-deep LOATHING Grimace-inducing HATRED Vague discomfort and [...]
Also tagged driving, pennsylvania, tourSo all the pictures are uploaded now! It’s roughly 50 something for just two days, which is absurd until you remember that I was traveling alone so that when I saw things that made me go “oh!” there wasn’t really anyone to turn to and share that thought with. In theory I could have, but [...]
Also tagged food, going solo, konstanz, photographs