America, Beirut, Family, Florida, Life in General, London, Middle East, New York City, Politics, Race, Theatre, Writing
A few years ago, while I was living and working in London, I wrote a short play for the Old Red Lion Theatre called ‘A is for Ali’. It was…
America, Life in General, Memory, Politics, Religion, Thanksgiving
You don’t need to wish me a Happy Thanksgiving. I don’t celebrate the holiday. Not for the last two years, at least. Perhaps I would feel differently about the day…
Life in General, London, New York City, Theatre
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I would say as I leave London. A record of my thoughts moreso for me to reflect on when things get tough again…
So it’s no big secret that I started drinking only about 5 years ago. I have never been drunk (despite what Stephanie Fox might say – ahem) and am still…
Yesterday was perhaps one of the most frustrating days of my life. Finding my way around London, in the rain, with an umbrella that might as well have been made…
I am feeling inspired by an episode of MTV’s True Life that is playing in the background as I grade. It profiles a family in Louisiana – mostly the brood…
Life in General, New York City
My roommate, still job hunting two months into our move, was finally blessed with an interview and spent most of the day preening and polishing. However, after two hours…
Life in General, New York City
Natives of this concrete-washed paradise will often warn newcomers about the crime, the subway schedules, and the pervading smell of summer urine. But the one thing that gets conveniently left…
I have officially spent 163 minutes – five phone calls combined – speaking with various Dell agents. Included in those minutes were 7 different transfers. And more than half of…