Cultural Narcissism
Do We Feel Superior to Others Based on Where We’re From? In Episode 2 of my new podcast, The Accidental… read more
Broad Stripes, Bright Stars and Banned Passports
Until a vaccine is made universally available so that all Americans can travel freely around the globe again, allow me to take off my mask to reveal two “truths” (for those who are not already in the know) to my fellow US passport holders about travelling as Americans outside the States: 1) We are not the “darlings” of the world we think we are. 2) We never were.
immigrant’s shoes and 1970’s nobu
This week my eldest son adds another year to his adolescence and as I look back over his baby photos,… read more
Yoga Pants Defiant: My Crusade Against the Cult of Casual
As published in the HuffPost on January 31, 2014. On a flight home to London from San Diego, I sat… read more
the catherine zinger guide on how to be a lady
Since I loved the Business Insider’s Guide to Being a Man, I thought I’d create my own guide on How… read more
on “fags”, “Tits”, and getting “knocked-up” by your neighbour: an American expat’s anthropological observation of the British vernacular
Sundays in my world out here in the London suburbs are on the football pitch (soccer field in American… read more