Last month, I wrote about how overwhelmed I felt while trying to figure out how much, or how little, of my baby to put on social media. Would I traumatize the poor child if I posted naked bathtub photos? Would I be violating the baby’s privacy by telling hilarious stories? Would I regret sharing things, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘safety’
Nairobi Half Life: Movie Review
November 16th, 2012 
Emily Living as a wealthy expat in Kenya, I only see one microcosm of life here. I recently saw a Kenyan movie called Nairobi Half Life, which illuminated another sector of life, a sector that I’m less familiar with. The movie follows a young man, Mwas, who moves from his village in rural Kenya to Nairobi [...]
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Tags: movie review, moving to Kenya, Nairobi Half Life, Nairobi_Kenya, safety 
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The Cynical Traveler versus The Generous Traveler
September 26th, 2012 Emily I’m a cynical traveler. Part of this rests in my own personality: I’m a cynical person. Part of this rests in my travel history: after spending more than 2 years living in foreign countries, I’ve been taken advantage of enough times to be constantly skeptical and on guard. I still get caught out- like that [...]
Hiking in the Ngong Hills
September 17th, 2012 Emily After finishing Out of Africa by Karen Blixen, I knew I had to visit the Ngong Hills. Blixen’s book has many faults, but her description of the Ngong Hills, on the outskirts of Nairobi, is not one of them. Blixen was so clearly in love with the landscape near her Kenyan home that I wanted [...]
Before September 11, 2001 there was August 7, 1998
September 12th, 2012 Emily In the heart of downtown Nairobi, you’ll find a quiet, green oasis in the middle of all the hustle and bustle. It’s not free, but for 20 Ksh (about 25 cents US) you can push through a turnstile and enter the park. People lounge on the grass, sip coffee at the cafe tables, and read [...]
