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Category: Culture

Culture, Middle East

Okay, Let’s Talk about Israel

May 2, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 8 mins read

View from Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv “If the Arabs didn’t kill me, my wife would.” Bloody hell. Did he just say that? After the split […]

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both
Africa, Culture, Food, U.S.

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both

April 6, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

A side alley off Buitenkant Street, Gardens, City Center, Cape Town The first sip is bitter, sour, almost acrid, before my palette adjusts and the […]

Africa, Culture

Cape Town Snapshots

March 10, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Street art near Assembly, Cape Town. Are these snapshots I share so often an exercise in lassitude or creativity? I’ll admit I write them when […]

Africa, Culture

My 9 Favorite South African Words & Phrases (so far)

February 16, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

This guy knows what I’m talking about. Just a short one for today, as I want to spend the remainder of my day off out […]

Africa, Culture

Post-Apartheid South Africa and “Post-Racism” America

January 25, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 7 mins read

A totally irrelevant picture of Clifton Beach at sundown—Camps Bay, sundown. Yes, there is an analogy to be made here. Excuse me friends, I’m going […]

Africa, Culture

High Security

January 20, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

The view from my patio, Hout Bay, Cape Town. Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa “You need to watch that the gate closes to make […]

Culture, Europe

Will the Real Santa Claus Please Stand Up?

December 13, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

“Joulupukki” by Lauri Rantala from Espoo, Finland – Santaclaus at Helsinki Cathedral. Consider this my holiday blog post. I could talk about Hanukkah (the holiday […]

Culture, Europe

Tallinn Snapshots

November 18, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Greetings from Tallinn! On Monday, my friend and I took the 2-hour ferry from Helsinki, Finland to Tallinn, Estonia. Our mission? Like nearly every other […]

Culture, Europe

An Incomplete Guide to Sicily in Quotes & Pictures

September 21, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples), Agrigento, Sicily “The climate’s delicate; the air most sweet. Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common […]

Culture, Europe, Food

Snapshot: Bar Willy

August 27, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

8:30a.m., Trastevere, Roma — 24 August 2015I begin the day with that most Italian of concoctions… il bar.Bar Willy sits at one corner of a […]

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