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Marrakech

  • March 5, 2024March 15, 2024
  • 6 Comments on The Moroccan Fashion Scene

The Moroccan Fashion Scene

There isn’t a lot to say about the Marrakech fashion scene, but holy shit is there a lot to show. The Kasbah is dotted with tiny little tailor’s shops, each of them producing something unique.…

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  • February 28, 2024February 28, 2024
  • 4 Comments on Come For The Tajine, Stay For The ABQ™

Come For The Tajine, Stay For The ABQ™

Marrakech’s built environment, and for that matter, all of Morocco’s, is like a time capsule. It’s as if the Mesoamerican cultures had never collapsed, and people were still living in Tikal and Copán, Chichén-Itzá and…

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  • February 3, 2024May 7, 2024
  • 9 Comments on Moroccan Crafts

Moroccan Crafts

Oaxaca was a hotbed of crafts, with every village surrounding the capital specializing in something specific: rugs, textiles, black pottery, green pottery, metal work. Radishes (here, here, here, and especially here). But holy fuck, Morocco.…

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  • January 7, 2024March 22, 2024
  • 10 Comments on Rockin’ The Kasbah

Rockin’ The Kasbah

Oh my, it feels good to be back out in the world. Three months in the US was too much. It was full, but other than our daughter Ruby’s wedding what it was full of…

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  • December 19, 2023December 19, 2023
  • Leave a Comment on Rich In Terroir

Rich In Terroir

I am not going to get a tattoo everywhere we go. I will quickly run out of places I’m willing to have inked. My policy is that I won’t get a tattoo where I can’t…

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