My Home Smells Like A Westin: Yours Can Too!
Disclaimer: I do not get paid for this Westin Scent Diffuser Review. I am only including this sentence to improve the SEO for this post.
TPOL is a luxurious minimalist. I don't like stuff but...
Haircuts Abroad: Marseille Edition
Some bloggers write about the UNESCO sites they've visited. Other bloggers write about every plane they've boarded. I choose to document many overlooked areas of travel. The first is obviously pho. The second is espresso. Another...
TPOL The Polyglot: How To Learn Multiple Languages
你好, مرحبا, Здравствуйте, hola, or simply hello.
Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and English are languages that I am currently studying with varying levels of proficiency. I started out with Pablo Pimsleur Audio Courses and have moved on...
End of the Line: Slingbox in Cyprus
End of the line $!@t. A crazy twist to the end of Vice Principals season one capped off a weird HBO show. The season finale of Ballers wasn't as memorable.
What does this have to...
Nomadic Churning: Where Do You Send Your Card?
I've said it time and time again, there's nothing like receiving a fat stack of envelopes from South Dakota in your mailbox. Living in Arizona for quite a while, they used to show up...
Pablo Pimsleur: Your Guide to Foreign Languages
Call him 保罗, Pablo, or Bulus. Anyway it's written it translates to Paul, my Rosetta Stone for foreign languages. The importance of learning the local languages for international travel goes without saying. It can...
Get Swoll: A Repat’s Guide to Returning Healthy
As an expat living abroad presented many challenges:
Where to live
How to watch them Detroit Pistons
How to stay in touch
Where to exercise
What to eat
Returning to the United States, the biggest challenge is how to not...
All Kinds of Gains: An Expat’s Guide to Exercise
Picture a place where N.O.-Xplode costs $100, where rusted weights take you back to that makeshift gym in your parents' basement, and a place where the winters get so cold that your lungs freeze should you...
Are You Ready for Some Football? An Expat’s Survival Guide for American Deportes
It's finally here! College football begins next weekend and the NFL a week after. But, when you live overseas certain sacrifices/adjustments have to be made to stay on top of your game. My apartment...
C n B: An Expat’s Guide to Eating Healthy
C n B is famously known among my friends as the acronym for my staple diet, chicken and broccoli. Add in egg whites and you'll be ready for the douche-baggery of a summer Las...
