How to make the best cup of coffee

June 22, 2026
☕ I love me a good cup of coffee! But what do the experts say about what the best cup of coffee entails? I did some research. Now, let me go on record and say I do not follow these directions entirely or even mostly. But they're good to know, because hey, one day? I just might take it a bit more...

A visit to a Berber pharmacy in Marrakech

April 2, 2012
To visit a traditional Berber pharmacy is to have a deeper understanding of just how much Big Pharma has relied on traditional remedies as the roots of the commercial...

Camping in the Sahara

April 2, 2012
Off we went to camp in the desert and ride a camel.We climbed into a couple of 4x4s with expert drivers and took off. We hadn't been on the road very long when we veered...

Snake charmer

April 1, 2012
Couldn't possibly leave Marrakech without seeing a snake charmer.Not much in the souk has changed over the centuries, it seems.Just the amount of coin that changes...

Laundry day in the Sahara

March 31, 2012
As a kid,  glossy, colorful National Geographic magazine was my only window to the world that lay beyond our country. Drawn in by the images of exotic places inhabited...

Camel Corner

March 30, 2012
London has Speakers' Corner. Marrakech has Camels' Corner. Ok, so it's not the official name. But that's what I called it. They gather with a tender and offer...

Do birds sing the song of their ancestors?

March 30, 2012
I'm home, but will continue to share the sights and sounds of Morocco for a while.Behind the cool walls of a shady, 12th century Moroccan garden stand lemon trees,...

But they flew coach!

March 29, 2012
(still en route, and now our plane is late out of Paris)About assumptions:Last year we needed airport transportation from San Jose to SFO. We were leaving way before...

Farewell to Morocco

March 28, 2012
I'm a little sad today; it's hard to say goodbye to this beautiful and exotic land.Our only consolation is that we bring home with us so many fantastic memories. One...

Yawmy doesn’t mean yummy

March 27, 2012
It means "my day." Even though it may be yummy. And I may have eaten it, as yogurt's a big offering on breakfast buffets in Morocco. A Dannon product. Plain yogurt's...

Shopping in the Sahara

March 27, 2012
The children of the desert--kids who belong to nomadic Berber family--fascinated me. Here we were in the middle of nowhere (or so it seemed to us) and these kids would...

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