Finally, I have started to work on the island and I think I’m going to have to baby-step it. I always remind myself that I am a guest here who is trying to blend into the local scene. I have two different cultures that I am in the midst of experiencing and trying to understand [...]
Archive for August, 2008
One of These Things is not like the Other
Posted in Work, tagged Expat, Mauritius, Women on Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Part III – The French Dinner Party
Posted in Mauritius, tagged BBQ, Dinner, Expat, French, Mauritius, Wine on Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love a good dinner party. The food, the wine and the conversation, whether silly or serious, always gives me a buzzing energy that helps me feel connected to people. With everybody sitting around talking, eating, drinking and having a good time – it’s such a simple and enjoyable way to spend an evening.
Unfortunately, that buzz is quite literally [...]
PART II – Fine Wine Followed by some Light Tchaikovsky
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Concert, Container, Dinner, Expat, French, Mauritius, Wine on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Standing around gazing at all of the brown cardboard boxes, I was feeling a sense of exhausted accomplishment. Everything from the container seemed to have made it in one piece and all the way from America. It was pretty amazing to think that my great-grandmother’s china had made such a long journey. I hadn’t seen [...]
PART I – Me, the Drunk Sailor and the Rastafarian
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Container, Expat, Mauritius, Pirates, Proprietor on Monday, August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You have got to be kidding me. What great cosmic karma fault did I commit to have what seems like multiple lifetimes of sheer chaos dumped on me all at once? For over two months I waited patiently. For over two months I identified insects and flora in the backyard while lazily tiptoeing around with [...]
