Parents, women, listen up.
Here’s a scenario. Prepare to relate. Lisa and Roxy (I’m not feeling very creative at the moment) are best friends. They have been for years. Both women go to college, get jobs and live at home. Roxy gets a promotion and Lisa gets engaged. Both women attend important functions for each other. Lisa makes time [...]
Kobe, Abe Lincoln, Ryan Seacrest and Me
I’ve been feeling really overwhelmed with the job hunt since I got back to Connecticut (the search didn’t cease while I was home in Northern Virginia last week) so I decided to take a break today with applications and shift my focus to the bag of brownies that my dad packed for my car ride [...]
Spending time with The Gang
At tuSsoo and Sweet Frog in Sterling, Va.
New (York) home in the bag
The Boss and I found a place in New York! We’re about 50 minutes outside of the city, about 20 minutes from The Boss’s office and another Cold, Dramatic Sigh away from I’m Still Unemployed. Back in April I was all over Craig’s List like Lyme Disease on a 5 year old post school-sponsored Hay [...]
That’s what he said
“Sabrina, how do you feel about hunted meat? I got some from a guy I work with.” *** “You know the reason you haven’t found a job is because you wear hijab, right? I’m not saying don’t wear it and I’m not saying wear it. All I’m saying is that racism exists and you look [...]
Whatever you want to do, do it now.
bff Tina graduated with her Masters in Social Work today so I joined her family in D.C. this afternoon to celebrate the new grad! Obviously I clapped out of turn a few times, but the important thing is that I wasn’t the only one in the auditorium to do so. Her little sister Parisa totally [...]
Mother and daughter
Mom: Do you wear lipstick? Me: No. Mom: Good, I’m glad. Me: I can’t ever find a color that looks good on me. Mom: Oh that’s pretty! Me: This one? Mom: That’s nice. Me: Here, I’ll put it on. Mom: Yeah that looks pretty! Me: Yeah, it does, right? Mom: Yeah! Get it! Me: Okay!


