Thank you to my good friend, Kelli, who told me about the current Fresh essay contest! Please take a moment to view my entry and add a comment or two. I've also posted a copy of it below - it's a little difficult to read on the website with the small font: "Laundry Day" On [...]
Tag: kenya
A Case of Mistaken Identity?
In this month's National Geographic Traveler, Daisann McLane confesses to sometimes lying about her profession when she travels in "The Lies We Tell." One lie, two lies, and soon I was tumbling down the rabbit hole. The next thing I knew, I was in a café in Salvador, Brazil, drinking a caipirinha and telling the [...]
Votes Needed!
Darling readers, I've submitted one of my photos to the GeckoGo photo contest and need votes to be considered by the expert panel. The image I've submitted (below) is under the "portrait" category. The winner gets a free trip and, as you know, I'm itching to travel! A little background on the photo... I was [...]
No smelling the roses
This whole volcano debacle is doing more than screwing up European holidays. It's jeopardizing jobs as far away as Kenya. Kenya exports millions of dollars of agriculture to Europe each day ranging from tea to flowers.
Sensory Overload
This morning Racine Avenue in Chicago transformed, for just a moment, to Ngong Road in Nairobi. Hurrying to get to work, I walked blindly into a cloud of diesil fumes left by a passing bus. The suffocating smell of polluted air caused me to think, just for a moment, that I was actually in Kenya. [...]
Githeri and Kilimanjaro? Yes Please!
Sunday was a special day. The sun was shining (for an hour longer, too), the broom was sweeping (sun inspired spring cleaning) and the beans were boiling (more on this one later). All of this in preparation for a screening of the MTV documentary Summit on the Summit, a Kilimanjaro trek organized by musician, Kenna, [...]
Place Dropper? Guilty.
I love the World Hum blog. (And I'm not just saying that because I hope to one day be featured on their award winning site.) The pieces speak to real, gritty, Therouxian travelers - the kind of globetrotter I hope to be one day. Earlier I came across a brilliant and hysterical piece by Spud [...]
A Day for Living Positively
Today is World AIDS Day. I've noticed a bit of awareness marketing for the day, mostly from the RED campaign and the companies associated (Starbucks, Apple, Gap...) But World AIDS Day is so much more than an excuse to wear red on December 1st. It's a day to recognize and support the millions of people [...]
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