December 1 is World AIDS Day, and the red ribbon is used to promote awareness of the deadly disease. For anyone who is interested, the World AIDS Day site offers a source for HIV facts, a list of events promoting awareness, and other information: http://www.worldaidsday.org/. So why is today important? Well, as a starting point, […]
Read more "World AIDS Day"When late November presents its melancholic face – that long grey stretch of waiting for a cleaner and whiter and more festively Christmas-light-festooned December – there will always be music to warm you up again. This transcendental song by Little Dragon, “Twice,” encapsulates the rainy, cold feeling that this month likes to spring on us […]
Read more "More People, More Places, More Beer"A little Boney M., including an music video that I had no idea existed until this moment. No written explanation does this justice: I wrote this on Friday: I moved to this city two weeks ago, and now I have a home! Moved in on Wednesday. I feel pretty lucky that I found an apartment […]
Read more "Heima! (Or, At Home)"It’s been so abnormally hot in Sackville for the past few days, and I am thoroughly enjoying the late summer vibes this year – although it definitely has me wanting to escape to frolic in the York Street cemetery instead of working all day! To go along with the summer that is so graciously lingering […]
Read more "Viva Italia! Part III: Ostia Lido"The Phoenix song “Rome” for day two of Mink and Fox’s Roma adventure, because they are brilliant: We awoke early, scarfed down our adorable breakfast provided by the Shiva Bed and Breakfast owner (adorable herself, might I add), slathered ourselves in SPF 35, stocked up on water, and set off into the already sweltering morning. […]
Read more "Viva Italia! Part II: More Rome"I mean nothing literal or malevolent by the title, mind you, but a Sackville housewarming party is not your typical lukewarm gathering punctuated by stale small talk and crusty jello-mold puddings. The line comes from the beginning of a song by Stars, called “Your Ex-Lover is Dead”: In short, Sackville weekends are nothing like Viennese […]
Read more "Housewarming, the Sackville Way: Set Yourself on Fire"
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