One month in Amman!
Had a weekend full of hanging out, making art, luxurious bathing, and drinks.Went out for a much deserved beer on Thursday night at La Calle to celebrate this momentous milestone. The next morning Savannah and I walked down to the Bake House - the closest thing to anything resembling Cajun Kitchen (my favorite SB breakfast spot) in Amman. Friday night was spent at Books@Cafe listening to live music and spoken word poets performing as a benefit for Syria. Saturday morning was the most luxurious scrub-down in the history of scrub-downs...Al-Pasha Turkish Bath. We were steamed. We were jacuzzi-ed. We were sauna-ed. We were scrubbed. We were massaged. We were showered. It was heavenly. I loved every second. I feel cleaner than I have ever, ever felt before in my life. It's a beautiful feeling. I feel pretty, oh so pretty.
I've been working on some artwork - found a great art store here called Samir & Ghassan - that incorporates my surrounding environment and a little mosaic influence. I made the paper and then clipped from Al-Rai, one of the daily Arabic newspapers here, and put it all together! I created these two pieces as thank-you gifts...but I'm already working on one for myself...check em out...
A friend just shared a great article with me via BBC and Lonely Planet. So much fun to read about the neighborhood that I'm living in - Rainbow Street in Jabal Amman, "one of the most colourful and multi-ethnic streets in the Middle East." Who knew? Thanks Kat!!!
http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20120627-the-cosmopolitan-crossroads-of-the-middle-east
Good stuff!
Had a weekend full of hanging out, making art, luxurious bathing, and drinks.Went out for a much deserved beer on Thursday night at La Calle to celebrate this momentous milestone. The next morning Savannah and I walked down to the Bake House - the closest thing to anything resembling Cajun Kitchen (my favorite SB breakfast spot) in Amman. Friday night was spent at Books@Cafe listening to live music and spoken word poets performing as a benefit for Syria. Saturday morning was the most luxurious scrub-down in the history of scrub-downs...Al-Pasha Turkish Bath. We were steamed. We were jacuzzi-ed. We were sauna-ed. We were scrubbed. We were massaged. We were showered. It was heavenly. I loved every second. I feel cleaner than I have ever, ever felt before in my life. It's a beautiful feeling. I feel pretty, oh so pretty.
I've been working on some artwork - found a great art store here called Samir & Ghassan - that incorporates my surrounding environment and a little mosaic influence. I made the paper and then clipped from Al-Rai, one of the daily Arabic newspapers here, and put it all together! I created these two pieces as thank-you gifts...but I'm already working on one for myself...check em out...
A friend just shared a great article with me via BBC and Lonely Planet. So much fun to read about the neighborhood that I'm living in - Rainbow Street in Jabal Amman, "one of the most colourful and multi-ethnic streets in the Middle East." Who knew? Thanks Kat!!!
http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20120627-the-cosmopolitan-crossroads-of-the-middle-east
Good stuff!