TravelBlog
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James Joyce once described the rolling waves of the Irish sea in such a manner as to completely, unabashedly obliterate any notion of beauty surrounding the thing: “The sea, the snot-green sea, the scrotum-tightening sea.” Someone evidently had several qualms about the sea. Well, he had a dexterity with words, anyway. Though I certainly do…
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On the 27th of February, over a feast of burgers, two variations of fries, and onion rings, my friend and I clinked pints of Berliners Pilsner to what we presumed to be our final night in Germany. It had been a reposeful four days, a brief but fulfilling holiday of exploration and food adventures. Apart…
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At my high school graduation, on a swelteringly hot day in June, I wore black. The field house where all the graduates-to-be were waiting in lines for the ceremony to commence was a conglomeration of the colour white, speckled with the deep emerald polyester of billowing graduation gowns. Tradition and implicit social norms explicate the…
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Warning: pornographic photos ahead. (I’m only sort of kidding. Because, if you find mouth-watering, eye-popping food from incredible cities like Madrid to be sexy, then these photos could certainly be considered pornographic. We’ll go with calling them “food porn.”) When traveling to any city for the first time, exploring the unique cuisine is not just…
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It is my first post of 2017! Hello, new year! Hello, resolutions that will likely peter out by February! Please, stay awhile! (Especially you flaky resolutions. I see you loitering by the door). This year is different in that I, like I’m sure many people have, grown up a great deal. I am not setting…
Eliana Jordan 
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