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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]