Given that I am a big gourmande, going to marché is something I look forward to every Sunday. I enjoy watching all the fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, cheese, wine, bread, meat, etc. It doesn’t stop here, there are also lots of flowers, household stuff, cloths, and jewelery. The sellers try to create a nice atmosphere [...]
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Many years ago when I could not find answers to my “mis-fortunes” with guys, I used to read book such as “Men are from mars, woman are from Venus” (or was it the inverse?). I never found my answers in those books and soon I started hating them. Later I decided that these are all [...]
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“What did you think about Persepolis?” After Persepolis, an animation adapted from a graphic novel with the same name, was released in France, everyone from my boss to my colleagues, my friends and my siblings asked me about my opinion, as someone who was in Iran during that period, about the film. But, somehow I [...]
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When your guest-speaker doesn’t say what you’d like him to say …
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Few years ago, I was a faithful customer of Yves Rocher. The benefit of this membership, besides getting a free “zen” shampoo once in a while, was that they would send me a birthday gift every year. What I didn’t know was that they had no clue about women’s obsession, in a paranoia way, with [...]
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My music idol, with no hesitation, is Freddie Mercury. I can relate to his lyrics and his at times melancholic approach to life, I adore his energy on stage and his singing capabilities. Today marks his 61-st birthday. Freddie’s – and his amazing band‘s – music works kind of magic on me, at times lifting [...]
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There are dates that you can never forget by force of using them at infinite times. Date of birth, date of graduation, wedding date, divorce date, and apparently the date of first entry to US – if you enter on a student visa. Mine was Sept. 2-nd, 2000. I even remember the day with extreme [...]
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