On The Wall

A home is a work in progress. While I heard that countless times during the engagement period, the words never really rang true until we moved in and we started interacting with the space all the time. Even though we had tried really hard to make it seem complete and decorated, there are still spaces…

Coincidence?

I was randomly browsing Youtube, trying to find a video to share for today’s post. I don’t feel like writing much and the only song going through my head is the one that the whole world has been singing this past week: Adele’s Hello. So sharing that would be redundant because you cannot escape that song and…

Nothing Can Come Between Us

Before our wedding, when I was mostly freaking out trying to get everything together and wondering if any of this made sense, Ahmad pointed out that I was approaching the subject in the wrong way. Instead of looking at the big picture, he suggested I focus on the little moments that come together to make…

Learning From Our Cake Mistake

I can only describe our engagement cake as a disaster. It’s going to be two years since we had the celebration and still my family completely refuses to discuss the fiasco that was the cake we had. That’s how bad it was. I remember that at first, I was pissed off beyond words- I could…

Sign Our Guestbook

Put a guestbook in front of me, and I’m likely to write a long heartfelt message because I like to believe people will look back at them and at least enjoy someone put some effort into this. So the idea of the guestbook at our own wedding was one that I knew I wanted from…

You’re My Wonderwall

In the early days of our relationship, it seemed that everywhere we went we would hear the song that everyone knows Oasis by, Wonderwall. It wasn’t one of my favorites but I had always enjoyed listening to it. Eventually though, it became our song. We’d play it in the car on long road trips, text the…

Our Musical Wedding Invites

Music has always been a fundamental part of our relationship: we’ve spent so much time discussing influences and favorites, swapping our collections and getting to know one another through song. So when it came time to plan the wedding, there was only one theme I could think of that would totally apply to our event: music. Again,…

September

I have the weirdest taste in music. Last week, it was the blues, the week before pop, the week before that rock. And this week, it’s disco. For reasons unknown to me, I can’t stop singing “Say that you remember, dancing in September, never was a cloudy day.” Maybe it’s because we’re in the midst…

Come Rain or Come Shine

Ahmad’s only ever made me one mixtape in the whole time we have been together. Which is funny because we are both such huge music lovers and our whole relationship has been set to a weird but somehow cohesive playlist. Still, I cherish that CD as much as I cherish my engagement rings- and sometimes…

A Successful Saturday at Souk el Ahad

For years, I have heard how Souk el Ahad (Sunday Market) is the place to find anything and everything for quite cheap. I’d heard stories about how domestic workers flock to the market on their day off to get all sorts of items and stories about how tourists love the place. But I had never…