How To Buy a Rug or Anything Overseas, When To Haggle, When To Say No
| Reading Time 6 minuteFirst, do shop when traveling. Second, learn to say no. If you spend any time in South West Asia, at some point, you are going to end up in a rug shop. Plan to be there for several hours while you try to determine what rugs you prefer. (I prefer...
How and where to get the bespoke custom-made suit, dress, or jewelry of your dreams?
| Reading Time 16 minuteJoint Post- CJ Johnson, Josh Wulf, Lisa Sherwin Wulf CJ Perfect personalized custom-made clothing, jewelry, and furniture is bespoke. Off the rack is so simple, easy and forgettable. I write this as someone whose wardrobe is 99% off the rack....
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Happy Juneteenth!
(I got the 1st piece of the cake.)
The reward for the climb us 10 flights of stairs in 110 degree heat was the views of the Victory Arch, two pairs of crossed swords in Baghdad.
Jun 12
The reward for the climb us 10 flights of stairs in 110 degree heat was the views of the Victory Arch, two pairs of crossed swords in Baghdad.
Remodeling Saddam Hussein's office courtesy of US military.
#ThrowbackThursday Yes I'm still wishing for snow and ice. (It's 112f).
Pic from Plitvice Lakes NP, Croatia.
Jun 2
#ThrowbackThursday Yes I'm still wishing for snow and ice. (It's 112f).
Pic from Plitvice Lakes NP, Croatia.
#waybackwednesday After a daytime high of 111f (43.9c) this pic of gentoo penguins is a refreshing memory.
Jun 1
#waybackwednesday After a daytime high of 111f (43.9c) this pic of gentoo penguins is a refreshing memory.
I don't have as much time or opportunity to travel right now, but did get a pic of the Baghdad Clock Tower this morning.
Surprisingly (to me) it was built 1980 with octagonal-shaped clock faces on top of a pyramid shaped glass tower. I think it has a very mid-century modern style, not an '80s vibe.
The building below the clock was a museum and is now the Supreme Criminal Court.
May 29
I don't have as much time or opportunity to travel right now, but did get a pic of the Baghdad Clock Tower this morning.
Surprisingly (to me) it was built 1980 with octagonal-shaped clock faces on top of a pyramid shaped glass tower. I think it has a very mid-century modern style, not an '80s vibe.
The building below the clock was a museum and is now the Supreme Criminal Court.