culturemash

I hate getting sick… it only happens to me when good things were to happen in its stead.

To dig it up further …

6 years old - Leyla gets the flu when her old neighbor and childhood best friend makes plans to visit from her end of Akron, Ohio to where we lived a year later […]

I’m sorry for the neglect dear blog. The truth is I’ve been SO busy… especially, well …
I’m cheating a little on you with my work blog. But I swear, it’s nothing personal, it’s just professional. Also, I’m in the midst of booking about 3.5 trips. (I say .5 because one trip is up to SF, […]

8 years ago right now, I had traveled to France for the wedding of a close friend. I was worried , sure , and shocked at the recent election outcome. Who is this George Bush guy? Is he just like his daddy? I mean, can he be THAT bad?
Well, I remember being in a manor […]

This past weekend was a treat. As I am graying with age, my gal pal and cohort Marie Lodi got me a treatment and day at the Olympic Korean Day Spa in K-town. Now, as you might have read before, I’ve been to a Japanese Onsen before in my trip to Tokyo  last Spring. So […]

There was a time when I tried to make this blog non-personal necessarily. I wanted this to be about life and culture, and when the two tend to collide and how it affects people. But the more I continue, the more I realize that that happens almost on a daily basis.
Last weekend I went to […]

I turned 29 last week. And much like any year, it held a little bit of sadness, a lot of pride, and gallons of alcohol. This year, I asked my friends to join me at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. And as I took the time to look around and see the various people who […]

The past few weeks have once again barely spared me any time to write. Well, that’s a lie. I could probably have taken some time to do so, but the brain activity in my few moments of alone time was so low, I thought I wouldn’t bother with forwarded some dumb links and pictures like […]

Stupid is:
Taking that last shot, the one Vinny the bartender decided to give us after the 4th round of drinks.
Idiotic is:
Not bothering to eat any of the bread at the table all night long.
Friendship is:
Holding your hand while you wabble to the bathroom.
True Friendship is:
Forcing your wrist down your  throat to make the toxins leave […]

And I thought I was the ugly American tourists, turns out the berets and nasal accents are what turn off most people.
 According to a recent international survey, the French are now considered the most obnoxious tourists from European nations, behind only Indians and the last-place Chinese as the worst among countries worldwide. And it’s not […]

It’s been a rough week, there’s been a lot to do at work. In fact, so much to do that I managed to get a little too into having fun with one of our developers on Thursday night and managed to be a tad hungover all of Friday while we had some client visits.
Friday was […]