Keffiyeh: political symbol, chic scarf

In a story titled “US chain drops ‘terror scarf’ ad” that ran on today’s BBC website, Dunkin’ Donuts pulled offline an advertisement that showed celebrity chef Rachael Ray wearing a scarf similar to the traditional Arab keffiyeh. Apparently, conservative blogger Michelle Malkin called the keffiyeh “a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and [...]

The First Marriage

The magic of love–who could ever describe it? Certainty of having found the one being destined for us by nature, sudden light shed upon life itself and apparently explaining its mystery, unsuspected value conferred upon the most trifling circumstances, flying hours whose details elude the memory through their very sweetness…
- Adolphe
Since I’ve gotten home, there’s [...]

Vows, Pre-Montreal

So I head to Montreal in exactly two weeks. And I’ve sworn to myself that I will not make lists — of things to do, of places to go, of how to fill my time.
I don’t think I can accurately convey how difficult that is for me. I anticipate through lists. I de-stress through lists. [...]