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Good Omens, Bad Omens
The year 2008, and so far six months living in Prague. Today is the first day the Sun has broken through the cloud cover and pierced the shield of this vampire city. I haven’t written for ages, and I...
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Nibble Nibble Here, Nibble Nibble There
A strange local phenomenon: Czech people eat in public all the time. Not just normal eat-on-the-go types of foods like gyros, ice cream or pizza. You see them at tram and metro stops nibbling on peices...
View ArticleIn the “Nought”ies I:
Many of the things that I did in the Naughts Decade. I probably left out a bunch, but anyway. The post In the “Nought”ies I: appeared first on Zuzu's Petals.
View ArticleGuest Post: Visiting, Relocating and the Journey In Between
A rare (for me) advice-giving post for Taking Up Residence magazine about the differences between visiting a place and actually moving there. The post Guest Post: Visiting, Relocating and the Journey...
View ArticleGuest Post — Orangesplaash: Expat Inspiration
A December 2010 interview with me for expat blog Orangesplaash. The post Guest Post — Orangesplaash: Expat Inspiration appeared first on Zuzu's Petals.
View ArticleBool! The End.
"Lisey's Story" was my second read and review in the Stephen King Challenge, easily one of the best books I have ever read and probably the most amazing one I will read all year. The post Bool! The...
View ArticleGuest Post — The New Global Laborers: When economics fuels a middle class...
The economics of international migration. The post Guest Post — The New Global Laborers: When economics fuels a middle class migration appeared first on Zuzu's Petals.
View ArticleBody Memory
After years of healing, why does the body remember a painful day before the mind catches up? The post Body Memory appeared first on Zuzu's Petals.
View ArticleGuest Post: Mermaid Out Of Water
From Key West to the Everglades, I'm generally a mermaid out of water in Florida. The post Guest Post: Mermaid Out Of Water appeared first on Zuzu's Petals.
View ArticleTowards A Sociology Of Turkish Food: Zeynep Kilic’s Tables of Istanbul
"While food is one of the two fundamental pillars of human survival -- water being the other -- how often do we stop to think about food in a socio-cultural sense? For Zeynep Kilic, sociology...
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