In which Zach makes the terrible discovery that although toilet paper does look conveniently like a mummy’s wrappings, they are actually polar opposites. However, becoming a plaything for an overjoyed cat at a Halloween party made up for it.

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In which Zach has an amazing Ramadan “Iftaar” at the Abu Khalil Chinese Restaurant, an amazing place that has been billed by the New York Times as having the best Chinese in the world. He makes friends with Abu Khalil himself and his charmingly sweet wife Margaret – the combination of delicious food and great conversation making for an unbeatable night!

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In which Zach visits the abode of his Jordanian/Palestinian friend Khalil for the first time, enjoys a dinner of fish, chicken, and argeilleh, and meets Khalil’s large, exuberant, and question-filled family.

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The Dozan wa Awtar choir works very quickly and efficiently to find, practice, and most importantly perform new music to Amman’s choir-loving community. There aren’t very many choirs in Jordan, and most of them are through schools and are gender-segregated. This leads to me jokingly describing Dozan wa Awtar as the “best” or “national” choir […]

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After my usual early morning Friday biking with Cycling Jordan, I ended up staying over at Kamal and his fiance Ruth’s apartment in north Amman, as we were doing some Linux work on Kamal’s laptop. Whiskey was consumed, and I was given the guest room to drag my weary self to, still dressed in my […]

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In case I didn’t mention it all the months ago when I arrived in Jordan, the city water pipes of Amman only run once a week. What day of the week it happens on depends on what part of town you’re in, and in the case of the cafe it’s Wednesday. I thought that we […]

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