shakalama

One of the most delicious sweets in Egypt, shakalama are basically coconut macaroons but BETTER. Definitely one of the things that I'll miss most about Egypt.

kite, no runner

The desert is great for flying kites. MG here has some serious aeronautic skill.

faux fresh and faux clean

Drawing this one, I noticed for the first time how "Febreze" is spelled. And I realize that this annoys me a little. Febreze. Febreeze. Febreze. Febreeze.

I wonder how many focus groups they had to go through before they settled on this final spelling.

knab lanac zeus

I like both scaffolding and crooked letters, so I had to take a picture. In downtown Cairo near our flat.

old tricks with glue sticks

One day Max and I decided to do some crafts. We collaborated on this piece, our best received work to date.
Shmookler + Chowdhury (American, b. 1983)
UFOs Descend upon Yemeni Village while Volcano Erupts and Lake Runs Purple, 2008
Paper on paper; 5.5 x 8.5 in
Private Collection, courtesy of Ibrahim Nasher

window rubbings

A rubbing of the pattern that’s on several of the windows in our flat. It’s the inspiration for the design we did for our sitting room wall:

posting again

Ok, I haven't posted since november, and now I only have a little more than a month left in Egypt, but hopefully I'll post semi-regularly until then...


View from our apartment of a sandstorm rolling into Cairo. Apparently, we live in a desert.