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#toubabrunning in America 13 Jul 2013 | 07:33 am
If a neighborhood is called ‘_______ Hills’, just believe them, okay? Shorts that hit above the knee and sleeveless tops are soooo lovely. (More on running clothes in a Muslim context here.) Sidewal...
OJ and pickle relish 27 Jun 2013 | 11:01 pm
1 am craziness at the Dakar airport America is… overwhelming. With its air that smells like dryer sheets and skies so crisp and clear against an actual forest of trees, with its street signs and coff...
After tomorrow… 25 Jun 2013 | 12:57 am
No more last-minute meeting up with friends at the beach. No more watching the approaching rainy season and getting hopes up with every dark cloud. No more plates of thiebou dieune. (Then agai...
Worth a couple thousand words, isn’t it? 23 Jun 2013 | 11:51 pm
“Ooh, group photo in matching outfits! This is so exciting, guys!” “I mean really… this might be THE best day of my life!” “I’m just plumb giddy.” “Hey look – a lizard…” “I just looove lizards. Th...
Why not? 22 Jun 2013 | 09:52 pm
Him: What do you want to do? Me: I don’t know… Move up our tickets and go to America today? Him: I know. Me: I’m bored. Him: Me too. (Pause) Me: We could make Pape a punching bag from a pillow and han...
Remember that vacation… 17 Jun 2013 | 02:28 am
… when we got pulled over as soon as we started driving home and the policeman asked us to take his boss to Dakar, so we drove a regional officer 260 kilometers across Senegal? … when we took the hors...
#toubabprobz 12 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm
- The restaurant has ice, but not sure if the water used to make it was filtered. - Bought an awesome new bracelet at the market, then found out it’s a gri-gri (fetish). - Your toddler snaps his finge...
I’m leaving/going home. 5 Jun 2013 | 09:52 pm
Like many other Dakarites, we’ll be heading back to the US for the summer months. I don’t usually post about our travel plans, but I figured since we are sub-letting our place to a pitbull breeder who...
Swap til you drop! 2 Jun 2013 | 03:06 am
This morning, I swapped until I (nearly) dropped. And it was awesome. Remember the Gazelle Skirt fashion blog? My friends Jenn, Amy and I launched it a couple months ago. One of the readers suggested ...
Taxi thoughts 30 May 2013 | 02:08 pm
Step out of the building and into the shade of a tree. A few seconds later, wave my hand at a black and yellow taxi coming down our street. And then I think… Oh good, he stopped. That means he has bra...
