My pick for this week is no surprise, The Mummy (1999). It’s the movie that rebooted a classic Universal Monster, adding more action and romance to the original storyline. It also started my love for actor Brendan Fraser, who is currently going through what some have called his “Brenaisssance”, as well as continued my love for all things ancient Egyptian. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t…
It’s raining here in New York and has put me in the mood for a rom-com. My pick this week is probably one of my favorites of all time, My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It has complicated family dynamics, “star-crossed lovers”, and a whole lot of comedy and hijinks. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** Toula…
After a bit of a summer break, I’m back doing Movie Mondays. My pick for this week is Another Round, a Danish film starring Mads Mikkelsen. A friend of mine told me about it a few months ago, but I finally sat down and watched it and it did not disappoint. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** Martin…
It’s been a while since I’ve written about my time living abroad, but I’m back with another reflection. This time I’m covering more practical aspects of moving to a different country like housing and getting an international phone number, as well as a few things I wish I knew before I moved. Finding Housing A nice thing about realty websites is that you don’t need…
This post is the first in a series where I’ll be sharing my experience living abroad. This week I’m talking about the reason I moved to the UK in the first place… grad school! Why grad school? November 2018. Six month after I graduated from College of Charleston and I was lost. I moved home that September after living in Prague for the summer training at the Prague…
I’m trying my hand at blogging. Again. Originally I started this blog to catalog and share my travels and experiences living abroad. I had so many plans and exciting ideas. I was really looking forward to my year and a half grad school adventure. Well, as we all now know, in 2020 shit hit the fan. Even before that, though, I had encountered a few setbacks. After moving to…
