Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 As I reported in my last post, over the weekend I went to the jiu jitsu national ball. If you fancy attempting to punch people (and dodging many punches) all day and then dancing with those same people all night, you can’t do better … Continue reading
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A Visit from the Little Firemans/Eclectic Packing List
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Due to the aforementioned Iron Fire of ’11, my housemates and I arranged a visit from our local Fire Station to come inspect our flat, install some smoke alarms, and give us some general fire safety advice. Naturally the prospect of seeing the little … Continue reading
Train Brain
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I keep saying, “For an unemployed person, I’m awfully busy.” My mom keeps telling me to stop saying this, reminding me that though I don’t have a steady job I’ve been developing some really exciting (if not, y’know, lucrative) projects recently. My mind has … Continue reading
Where are the Women? Raising their Voices
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Egypt is the word in everyone’s minds the past few days. One question I keep hearing surprised me, though–some have asked me why no women have been out protesting. I could only raise an extremely skeptical eyebrow at them, because on the BBC, CNN … Continue reading
Images of Cairo
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Seven days of protesting in Egypt. Cynical as this may seem, instead of thinking, “Wow, I’m grateful to be away while all the trouble is happening,” all I can think is how much I wish I were there to write about it. I think … Continue reading
Elemental Power Roulette
Soooo my mysterious watery powers appear to have deserted me. It seems like only yesterday that my friends and other concerned parties were warning me not to visit the Thames Barrier, in case my mere presence caused a massive yet strangely inexplicable rupture of that noble edifice. Now it appears to be fire’s turn to … Continue reading
Magic Moments
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Since I am now back in rainy London, I thought I would recount for you a little tale from my long break in Florida. Mom had saved some news clippings about the new opening of the Harry Potter part of the Universal Orlando theme … Continue reading
This Milestone is Made of Diamonds: The Belly Dance Anthropologist Officially Earns that PhD
My dear Skirts and devoted readers everywhere, I am very pleased to share with you the news that my thesis revisions have been accepted and I will very soon hold a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies! I found out on Monday and wanted to make sure the administrative paperwork was well under way before … Continue reading
The Snow in London By caitieskirt, Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 In the first week of December we got some snow in London. I decided to go on an expedition to see the capital in all her wintry glory. I wandered down through Soho and into St. James’s park to visit the zombie geese and … Continue reading
Ritzy
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I went out for what I planned to be a festive Saturday at the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. Though it was mobbed by crowds I still managed to have a charming time with a friend wandering around the booths of strange presents (two … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 