Wide Eyes, Wider World

Thoughts, narratives, essays, and poems on Going Places.

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes"--Marcel Proust
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

On density

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I used to think I was a city girl. I grew up in busy suburban Boston. As soon as I was old enough, I made frequent forays into the city. ...

Sunday, June 21, 2015

The oddly familiar: adventures at a Hong Kong grocery store

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The results of a successful grocery store shop Before I left for Hong Kong, I wrote about the many uncertainties surrounding my tenure...

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Hong Kong is...

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I've been in Hong Kong for nearly 10 days now, and that means I've had time to shake the jetlag and start to look around. My first ...

Monday, May 25, 2015

What to expect when you're (not sure what to be) expecting

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... to go somewhere new, I mean. I don't want anyone to read a single line further and think that I'm pregnant. I am, however, on...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Guest Post: Dodging Turnips for the "Spain Scoop"

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Things have been so crazy around here that I forgot to tell everyone that I had a guest piece up a few weeks ago at the "Spain Scoop,...

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Vuelva Usted Mañana, Or: Adventures in the System

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* Monsieur Sans-Delai made a proposal to install improvements in a certain government department which I shall not name, since it i...

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Deep thoughts at the frutería

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One of my favorite things about living in Europe is the commonness of butchers, greengrocers (known in Spain as fruterías), and small m...

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