Last supper series: the schwarma

The first time I had schwarma, I was in my first year of university. It was at La Zeez (now Pita Land), a small fast-food schwarma joint close to my university residence. I don’t remember much about my first schwarma, other than it didn’t compel me to have it again. The closest I would come [...]

Last supper series: the burrito

Whenever people go away for long periods of time, they spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about leaving their friends and family. What they don’t realize they will miss are the everyday things that are so common and convenient, they’re almost invisible. I am trying to avoid these oversights and become more aware [...]

Baggage

This fall, when I moved back to my parents’ house, one of my former roommates admitted to me that living together drove him crazy. Everyone knows bad roommate horror stories but I never saw myself as one. I didn’t make loud noise during odd hours, we rarely fought, the company I kept was agreeable–what was [...]