All About Alaffia
Sometimes, I’ve found that products that are fair-trade, non-GMO, gluten and paraben free, biodegradable and sustainable are simply unusable because they don’t smell good, don’t feel good or simply don’t […]
Category Archives: Africa
Women for Women
A book can change your life. Sometimes in big, glaring ways, other times in small, subtle, even indecipherable ways, but you know it’s been changed all the same. I just […]
Kilimanjaro Summit Climb: Charity Mountain Trek Challenge
This isn’t your average post on the Chic Adventurer, but it’s one that I’m hoping will spread the word for a very worthy cause. Please read below to see how […]
Somewhere in Time: Moroccan Road Trip
While organizing files on my laptop this week, I found a vignette I wrote about a road trip Steve and I took on our winter 2012 foray in North Africa. […]
Chicest Outdoor Market: Jemaa el-Fna, Marrakech, Morocco
Spices tingle the nose, snake charmers lull their scaly friends and veiled women unleash their henna painting skills on unsuspecting tourists in this, the mother of all shopper’s paradises. Amidst […]
Chicest Garden: Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech, Morocco
There are some lovely gardens in the world, but the chicest I’ve been to is the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. This 12-acre desert oasis was the vision of French painter […]
My Sister in Africa
A few years back, my sister said to me, “You need to get a lady in Africa.” I kindly asked her to translate this cryptic message, and she went on […]
Pyramids? Check!
After two solid weeks of frolicking about Egypt, we landed in Cairo. A stew of cars, camels and protestors, I immediately felt that Cairo was not a place in which […]
In Cleopatra’s Wake
For six days I had the luxurious experience of cruising the Nile River from Luxor to Aswan and back like so many royal Egyptians before me. I have always wanted […]
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