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Let’s Not (Always) Hate on ‘Practical’ 27 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
‘Practical’ is seldom identified as an important quality when it comes to style. Most often the former is an antonym of the latter. Practical shoes most often mean ugly shoes etc. Now I’m no big fan o...
The Millitant Ballerina (or How to Tone Down Sugariness) 26 Aug 2013 | 09:36 pm
Ok, so the living-out-of-a-suitcase life is really starting to bore me. While traveling the new places and people at least makes up for it; here in Michigan there are no distractions or inducements ma...
Random Cairo 24 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
This is the last collective OOTD post from Egypt, with snippets and/or complete outfits from the days after Eid but before my vacation, and the last two days in curfew-ridden Cairo. Many of the pictur...
Vacay Time 23 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
The last time in my life when I went for a sun-and-sand style vacation was more than 12 years ago with my mother. I’m just much more of an adventurer/city girl, enjoying ancient and not so ancient rui...
Glitter and Lights 23 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
A very, very belated Eid saeed to all my lovely readers out there who do not follow me on Instagram or Facebook (I’ve already wished you a happy feast there). Since I failed to wake up super-duper ear...
Catching Up Big Time 22 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
I’m back in the US with a pretty stable internet connection, which means you will be seeing a lot of posts from my last weeks in Egypt (I know, I’ve been really bad with updates as I’ve been without i...
Ramadan Around C-town 2 Aug 2013 | 08:22 am
One of many reasons why I love Ramadan in Cairo is the many social events – iftar with friends and friends’ families, dish party networking iftars, and and after-iftar/sohoor events (as I’ve mentioned...
Bright Outfit, Dark Day 28 Jul 2013 | 08:19 am
I apologize in advance as it is not possible for me to write a post at this moment while avoiding talking about what is happening in Egypt. Today and yesterday were black days here in Cairo; I did not...
The Neon Tribe 26 Jul 2013 | 11:32 pm
Quick post just to have a more style related update up. I was planning to do a 2xOOTD thing again, but then I got preoccupied with some other work. Below I’m posing with a friend’s fanoos Ramadan (or ...
A Non-style Related Note on Egypt 26 Jul 2013 | 09:28 am
This is obviously not a political blog, yet I cannot but weigh in on what is set to happen in Egypt today. In the interest of time I’m not writing a full post but rather sharing an extended status I w...
