About a month ago, when I was in the midst of final exam chaos, churning out more research papers than I could handle, I had an epiphany in the middle of the night. With the summer at my doorstep, and no plans for the first time in several years, I realized that I needed a(…)
Hey Gang! My apologies for one, the lack of posts, and two, the state that the blog is in right now. It’s a tad disheveled to say the least, but there is a method to my madness! InStyle Xenophile is merging with The Urban Xenophile to create one mega-blog! So no more having to shuffle(…)
It seems that an August holiday has become something of a ritual in my house. Over the past two summers, Bali has been my gracious host, but this year, a wedding invitation delightfully curtailed all plans to head East and Europe made its way onto the itinerary. With the nuptials to take place in the(…)
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The Winter season in Vancouver can get the best of you if you let it. Sure, ski season is bliss for most, but let’s face it, not everyone can spend all day every day on the slopes! Oh, to dream. Then there are those of who aren’t really snow bunnies(…)
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Explaining the dynamics of my family has always been, trying shall we say. I never really understood why people were so hell-bent on defining what family is, or why they were so consumed with appropriating labels. But as I matured, I realized that for the purpose of convenience, using conventional(…)
For one reason or another, over the last two weeks, I’ve been entangled in a number of arguments about fashion and cultural symbols. It’s nothing new for me, to become embroiled in controversy, so I thought I’d bring the conversation off of Facebook, away from Twitter, out of the trenches of social media and onto(…)
Have you ever picked up a set of knitting needles? A few years back, there was no way I could ever conceive of sitting in one place long enough to knit something even slightly recognizable. It’s not that I didn’t have the patience for it, I’ve been known to spend something like sixteen hours braiding(…)
Marrakech. My memory has whisked me right back to the dusty alleys of the Medina. Morocco was only just barely on our radar. It’s not that neither of us wanted to see it (my partner and I), we were just worried that we wouldn’t have enough time to really see it. After spending two months(…)
I finally managed to get my act together and have added another feature to my blog, product reviews. I realize there are a million and one bloggers out there doing product reviews, but I figured, why not make it a million and two? We all use a diverse range of products, and for the average(…)
I’m a bit of a foodie. Okay, let’s be honest, I’m a big one. If you’ve seen any of the photos on my travel blog, you’ll have noticed that I always seem to be stuffing my face. My love and adoration for exceptional cuisine could easily be categorized as a mild obsession. Admittedly, I’m not(…)
