Soooo my mysterious watery powers appear to have deserted me. It seems like only yesterday that my friends and other concerned parties were warning me not to visit the Thames Barrier, in case my mere presence caused a massive yet strangely inexplicable rupture of that noble edifice. Now it appears to be fire’s turn to … Continue reading
Author Archives: Caitlin McDonald
Magic Moments
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Since I am now back in rainy London, I thought I would recount for you a little tale from my long break in Florida. Mom had saved some news clippings about the new opening of the Harry Potter part of the Universal Orlando theme … Continue reading
This Milestone is Made of Diamonds: The Belly Dance Anthropologist Officially Earns that PhD
My dear Skirts and devoted readers everywhere, I am very pleased to share with you the news that my thesis revisions have been accepted and I will very soon hold a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies! I found out on Monday and wanted to make sure the administrative paperwork was well under way before … Continue reading
The Snow in London By caitieskirt, Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 In the first week of December we got some snow in London. I decided to go on an expedition to see the capital in all her wintry glory. I wandered down through Soho and into St. James’s park to visit the zombie geese and … Continue reading
Ritzy
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I went out for what I planned to be a festive Saturday at the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. Though it was mobbed by crowds I still managed to have a charming time with a friend wandering around the booths of strange presents (two … Continue reading
Santa and the Alien Mannequins
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 This isn’t the first Thanksgiving I’ve spent in London, but it is the first one I’ve not spent cooking up a storm with my best friend Liz. She got a job back home in the States, and while I’m most proud of her, I … Continue reading
Sampling London’s Delights
So my mum and my aunt came for a visit from the States. This was my aunt’s first time overseas, and she was very excited to see London. However, imagine my surprise when I worked out what their favourite part of the visit was. My mum brought her Apple laptop over with her, and I … Continue reading
There’s More Romance in a Subterranean Refuge than My House
As I write this it’s been two weeks since the Chilean miners were rescued. And what a joyous, inspiring television spectacle that was, wasn’t it? I joined about a billion people watching the live coverage worldwide as the miners were slowly shifted from their underground refuge to the surface. The whole world held its breath … Continue reading
Neighbors Around the Globe, and the Elvis Mans
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I’ve been meaning for some time to write about yet another of the serendipitous coincidences that seem to be a theme in my crazy multicontinental life. While I was in Cairo I met a British woman who was there teaching salsa full-time. The expat … Continue reading
Are You a Man?
Ah, kids. Adolescent insults haven’t improved since I was a sullen fifteen-year-old. Walking in a public park recently I passed a group of teenagers whose commentary, “Hey! You! Hey! Are you a man? Hey! Hey you! Are you a man?” was singularly uninspired. Or at least so I thought. Until a few days later when … Continue reading
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