How To Do Your Laundry in Pakistan
Head out to the store and buy some “washing-up powder.” Enjoy this step. It is cutesy in that English-accented way. It is also the last step that will be at all straightforward. Read the...
New temporary digs
The company I work for here in Pakistan has kept me and half a dozen others in a hotel for nearly seven months – telling us we’d “soon” be moving into some lovely furnished...
Christmas… in DC??
DC is kind of empty for the holidays – at least, that’s how it seemed to me. It’s such a transient city – many of the people you meet are not from here, so...
How To Spend Money You Didn´t Know You Had, In London, In 48 Hours or Less
Question: If you’ve got about 48 hours of awake time in London and want to see things you read about in guidebooks, shop at the special stores available only there, taste the meals of...
Back to Pak
Yes, of course, very busy, blah blah blah; however, I have been making a roundhouse effort NOT to work too much or spend too much time in front of the computer. I’ve just gotten...
Trip to St. Louis
Kyle came up with the idea – we’d all go to St. Louis to attend Pat’s daughter’s wedding. Pat and Kyle were best friends growing up, and Pat’s family and our family were the...