Author Archives: Lindsay

About Lindsay

teacher, traveler, ex-new yorker, language lover, photographer, runner, resident of beirut

On Creating a Community Abroad

One of the hardest parts about leaving Beirut in a few, short weeks will be leaving behind all of the wonderful friends and great community that I’ve found here in Beirut. (In fact, my friend Emilee just wrote a post … Continue reading

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Finished: Navy Skirt

I finished the project back in April just in time to take with my on my trip to Kenya. While I didn’t get to actually wear it there (it was surprisingly quite cool), it was nice to have an opportunity … Continue reading

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Self Portraits in May

This month’s themes were motion, hand, legs, meme, and rest. 17/52 18/52 19/52  20/52 21/52

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My Bilingual Summer

The thing about language learning is that it’s not at all permanent. If you don’t use it, you lose it. Simple. I have a B.A. in Italian but when you go stretches of time without using the language you start … Continue reading

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Six Days in Kenya

Judging by blog posts alone, you’d think I went to Kenya and had such a great time I decided not to come back to Beirut. Well, part of that statement is true anyway. It was a short, but sweet six … Continue reading

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Turkey, Part III: Şirince

My bags are all packed and my cab will be here to take me to the airport for my flight to Kenya in an hour and a half, but there’s one thing I’ve left to do, and that is get … Continue reading

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Self Portraits in April

For some reason I haven’t been able to find the time to take a lot of self portraits this month. Each Monday when the theme of the week is announced, I think of how fun it is going to be … Continue reading

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Cambie Dress

I finished my Cambie a few weeks ago and I’ve been waiting for some warm weather to give it a test run. This week the rain finally let up so I was able to wear it to work. This is … Continue reading

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Turkey, Part II: Ephesus and Other Ruins

With just a short amount of time in Turkey, we really only had time to visit one place other than Istanbul. We had debated between Cappadocia and Ephesus, but in the end decided on Ephesus since it seemed the weather … Continue reading

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Spring Break in Turkey

It’s been over two weeks since I got back from Turkey and I’m still sorting through and editing pictures. (I took 560.) While I’ve been slowly taking my time, wading through the pictures, the days and weeks until spring break … Continue reading

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