Long time readers may recall this writer’s infatuation with trash and how it gets where it’s going. I feel like I’ve spoken about it a lot. From looking out my front […]
Trash in(g) Amman
Finding Rocket Man
Time ticks by and we start forming lists. Lists of things to pack. Lists of things to buy. Lists of places we want to see before we go. Lists of the […]
Wadi Mujib on the Downside
I’m nearing the end of my time here at “the crossroads of Armageddon”, as some have put it. And while we approached Amman with a good deal of trepidation, we’ve grown […]
Hammam Amman and on and on
Caution: The following contains graphic descriptions of a grown man having a bath. You’ve been warned. S.A.M. doesn’t ordinarily go in for massages. Or spa treatments. I’ve come around to foot […]
Six Dollar Hookah
My wife left me. Took the car. Left the dog. For the weekend. Hence, in a curious turn, S.A.M was left at home for the first time in a long […]
Dangling In Our Own Waters
We were trying to avoid dangling in our own waters. Son of S.A.M. and I, both of average height, stood tippy-toed at a urinal in Amman. Staring forward at broken tile on […]
The Sketchy Street Spa
We’re still without access to a car. Legally, anyway. So, some of the further flung places in Jordan aren’t quite accessible to us. It’s fine. It allows us to explore,our immediate surroundings […]
Swedish Meatballs in the Promised Land
This likely won’t be the first time you hear this from me. I know I won’t solve anything. I know I won’t say much that hasn’t already been said many times over […]
Digs Coherence
Our new digs are in a fairly upscale part of town. Lumped in with hundreds of other 4 story sand colored buildings. It turns out that the King decreed that housing be […]
Playing Tourist
We’ve arrived in Amman at the exact worst time. Three days before a 5-day religious holiday. For many in the country it’s a 10-day holiday. Plus, there’s an election coming up, so […]
Secret Asian Man 