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Category: Culture

Asia, Culture

Suzhou Snippets

October 20, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

In it’s 2500-year history, the city of Suzhou has developed and refined many times over. It is known for its light, elegant, delicate cuisine and […]

Culture, U.S.

Servers Love When You Do These Things (Just Kidding. Never Do Any Of It!)

September 7, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

After a few years working as a server, sometimes part-time, sometimes full-time, always questioning my sanity, I think it is time to let you all […]

Culture, Poetry & Fiction, U.S.

An Ode to Small Towns

August 5, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

In the spirit of Buzzfeed and the general ethos of blogging at present, I would like to begin this post with a list. You know […]

Culture, Travel Advice

And How Is Your Family?

August 1, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

A recent conversation with the lovely Alec MacMillen (Arabic speaker and traveler on his way to Jordan on a Fulbright at the end of this […]

Culture, U.S.

Oh, the Characters of Middlebury

July 25, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

One of my favorite things about working in restaurants is the unlimited entertainment potential of observing the characters that pass through. Middlebury, Vermont does not […]

Culture

“Paying the Rent”

July 12, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

It seemed about time to talk about what I am currently doing for money “to pay the rent.” As previously mentioned, I have five jobs […]

Culture

The Internets: A Story of Love and Hate

June 15, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

I may be the last person you would expect to see managing communications and social media outreach for a small business. Doggedly resistant to Twitter. […]

Culture

The Wind in my Armpit Hair and Other Uncoventional Pleasures

November 9, 2013May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

“It’s like you’re doing the seventies, but in 2013,” my friend said, laughing as I posed in our Istanbul bedroom to display the luxurious dark […]

Culture, Europe, Poetry & Fiction

Story Time!

April 16, 2013May 22, 2020 Toby 8 mins read

The fairy chimneys, as it turns out, were the name that the genius, or over-romantic imagination, of someone in Cappadocia’s tourism department assigned to the […]

Asia, Culture

Everything is Possible; Nothing is Free

March 3, 2013May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

The hub of my front tire was bent at a worrisome angle. The brakes screeched so loudly they forgot to perform their intended function.  The […]

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