Tag Archives: etiquette

Of road trips and rose hips (with recipe)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by lizcameron

Well, over the last week or so, we have been (virtually) to the U.S. to discuss Obama and 9-11 and Italy to discuss the plight of mozzarella mammas over the last week here on slowly-by-slowly, and now it is time … Continue reading →

Posted in Cross-cultural learning moments, Turkish Food!, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged Beverages, Bodrum, cooking, etiquette, food, Granny, Home, Juice, Karagöz and Hacivat, Ottoman Empire, Rose hip, Shopping, supermarket, Turkish, ugly American | 9 Comments

From the Aegean to the Mediterranean and over to Italia: Check out Mozzarella Mamma

Posted on September 10, 2011 by lizcameron

…and now for something completely different, a shout-out to my step-sister Trisha Thomas, and her hysterically on-point writing about navigating cross-cultural family life. While slowly-by-slowly primarily focuses on the joys and challenges of learning to be culturally responsive in one cross-cultural marriage … Continue reading →

Posted in Cross-cultural learning moments | Tagged Associated Press Television News, beauty, Catholic Church, cross-cultural, cross-cultural marriage, culture shock, Diaper, etiquette, family, food, in love, Italian mamma, Italy, mamma, Mamma Mia, motherhood, Mozzarella, mozzarella mamma, United States | 5 Comments

‘Burqini’ street theatre to combat the “skinny bitch” hegemony (Part I)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by lizcameron

Once there was and once there wasn’t a lady who went on the search for the perfect burqini (a.k.a. hashema, odema in Turkish, per a reader, thanks again!). If you are wondering what in the world I am talking about, … Continue reading →