When in Rome…DO as the Romans do… What does that even mean in modern day Rome? And who are these Romans you might ask? Of all the various cities I have visited in my short life, I have never met a city so inundated with cultural complexities. The disparities between the young and old, localContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 9
This is my kinda city…
This is my kinda city… The Good with the Bad kinda city . The Day with Night Young with Old Love with the Fight kinda city . This is my kinda city… The Drunken Dough with Pomodoro kinda city . The Mounts with Seas Grit with Grace Sun with the Breeze kinda city . ThisContinue reading This is my kinda city…
TahiraROMA: vol. 6
Word of the day//month//season:F E D E Fede // Faith This is old news to some and new news to others…
TahiraROMA: vol. 5
Let me tell you a story… August 2008 – Summer Olympics Recent Graduate of University Underwhelmed New Teacher’s Assistant in a Kindergarten classroom New (347) number, anticipating my move to New York I just wanted to run…
TahiraROMA: vol. 4
Primo Mese in Italia I am not sure when my vacationing ended and my residency began… but somewhere between my mother heading back to states, moving out of my hotel and into an apartment and settling into the time change with scheduled walks with the pup, somehow I live here now! In moments it feelsContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 4
TahiraROMA: vol. 3
Benita…oh how I love her. If you are just getting to know me in the last 5 years, you may not have ever known that Benita and I are living in a NEW wine kinda relationship… This love is still honeymoon status! lol… For context, I was brought back to my earlier years while inContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 3
TahiraROMA: vol. 2
First Destiny… Then Faith. Cheers to my next stranger encounter. Mom and I met this beautiful woman, in the form of our server at a restaurant. I find that restaurants are the BEST locations to have divine encounters… because who doesn’t like food and good people?! We started off this meal with Destiny, laughing atContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 2
TahiraROMA: the series
So if you don’t follow me on Instagram, and you haven’t requested the inside scoop via email subscription, you have NO idea what my journey here in Rome has looked like! #sorrynotsorry I guess? As an older millennial (you have no idea how hard it is for me to say that smh) I am fromContinue reading TahiraROMA: the series
TahiraROMA: vol. 1
A Meeting with Destiny You would be surprised… but against the advice of others, I often talk to strangers! I see unique encounters with new people, as an avenue for the divine to intervene with the mundane. If not for the, otherwise random, introductions with strangers, I wouldn’t have had the invitation to Urumqi, Xinjiang (Northwest China), or a villageContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 1
it’s about that time…
I’m moving to Italy I know many of you have been waiting for an update to figure out… what is going on with me? // why am I doing this? // what’s my story? … and honestly there have been beautiful glimpses of hope and inspiration that have happened as a result of this decision…Continue reading it’s about that time…
