Category: Friends

if you have friends like ours. We have been locked up for 3 days, and our insane, wonderful friends have made it bearable.  We have been the recipients of numerous, generous care packages. We have received movies, books, homemade chocolate chip cookies, NewYorker and Gourmet magazines, wine, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit, and even knitting supplies… Continue reading Quarantine doesn’t suck so bad…

I’ve just completed my third trip around the sun since moving to Cairo.  The first one marked a decade – the rest have been just as good. We celebrated this one with our farewell “Third Tuesday” happy hour(s) at our flat.  We’ve been hosting this gathering for the majority of the three years here, and… Continue reading Another trip around the sun

Even if they do bring ugly luggage BACK to Cairo that we were so happy to be rid of!  🙂 We have had (we think) our last set of visitors during our stay in Cairo.  S & M came bearing all kinds of wonderful gifts – the best of which was their presence in our… Continue reading Back Blog: Friends ROCK!

The Faculty Services Committee always does a great job of arranging for tours around the city sites, and social events such as dinner cruises.  This semester our dinner cruise was on the (fun and kitschy) Pharaoh’s Boat in Giza. The boat is FULLY DECKED OUT with Pharaonic kitsch and schwag.  We were met at boarding… Continue reading University Sponsored Fun

A little late….but….I sent this e-mail out to the AUC community: “Thanksgiving is, for most Americans, a time of getting together with the family to eat too much. For many of us in Cairo, our families are a LONG way away. Many AUCians travel for the Thanksgiving long weekend, and others stay in Cairo. On… Continue reading Turkey and Friends

So, here I am in Egypt, virtually unable to knit/crochet for lack of materials. I know I bemoaned this fact already in another post (October 2007). However, not to be kept down, I’ve been making the best of my situation. TV brought me some lovely yarn from Germany just after my blog-hissy-fit about yarn and… Continue reading More Knitting

We are truly blessed! We have been in Egypt less than 2 years, and have had an INCREDIBLE number of visitors! No kidding. We have had more visitors than many of our friends, who have been here for upwards of 5 to 10 years! We could account for this in a couple of ways: We… Continue reading Friends and Visitors

This semester has been rough. Mostly due to my own pressures and expectations on myself – as is usually the case. There have been a few true “saving graces” that have helped get me through. Jack, of course, has been amazing. In his own inimitable manner, he has reminded me that life is more than… Continue reading ‘Tis the season