Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. -Melchor Lim Don’t give up no matter how difficult something might seem. You will eventually see the fruit of all your hard work! Save
Dearborn, Michigan
Our final stop on this reunion weekend was Dearborn. My friend had been talking about an amazing place to get kababs from and it only seem fit that we go! So this place is located in a butcher shop. It’s called Dearborn Meat Market. Basically, they sell meat in the front and then in the back there is a small room in which they BBQ kababs! So you know you’re getting fresh ingredients! Being amateurs, we ordered like 2 or 3 orders. But apparently that’s not enough, even for three people. I don’t remember how many orders we got, but here is a picture of all the kababs! And of course, there is also hummus and tabouleh! Yea…it was pretty great. And even though we left feeling satisfied, we couldn’t leave Michigan without having custard because apparently it’s a thing there. And so, we went to The Custard Hut. Okay,…
Snapchat Story Series – NYC Day 2
Here is the video of my Snapchat story from day 2 of my New York City trip. In this video you will see: 1. Dominique Ansel Bakery 2. Lombardis 3. Central Park 4. Staten Island Ferry 5. Statue of Liberty 6. Random home clips of Pakistani pre-wedding festivities (oops!)
Wednesday Wisdom – What makes the desert beautiful…
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. -Antoin De Saint-Exupery Save
Detroit, Michigan
Continuing with my incredible friend’s reunion weekend, our next trip was into Detroit! As you will continue to scroll down, you will see that we started off our Detroit tour by eating. Well, we walked around first to work up an appetite. We started at Eastern Market which is a huge place full of food, restaurants, art and culture. There are so may different areas here. And since it was spring time, there were flowers everywhere. We were also on a mission to find a jasmine plant for my friend who had been trying to find it for ages. She settled on an herb plant instead (because jasmine was no where to be found, even in all the flowers!) After walking around for a bit we ran into some food trucks. So, of course we had to stop! We split into two lines. Two of us went into the beignet line and…
Snapchat Stories Series – NYC Day 1
Hello everyone! I have been a little MIA but that’s because I have been super busy. There have been weddings and other religious events that I’ve been a part of so I haven’t had much time to plan my blog posts. However, I have not stopped exploring. I took a friend around NYC and DC just this last week and I saved my personal snap stories from those days. I decided to upload the videos of those stories in hopes that some of you may enjoy them. I will have actual detailed blog posts of those days coming up in the near future! Some of the places you saw in the video: Brooklyn Bridge Halaal Hot Dog 9/11 Memorial Wall Street Trinity Church Chelsea Market Sephora Empire State Building Time Square
Wednesday Wisdom – Somewhere, something incredible…
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Do you guys have friends that you’ve been friends with most of your life? The kind of friends that no matter how long you’ve been apart or how long you haven’t spoken to, you still pick up right where you left off? I know I’ve said it before and I’m going to say it again, I am so fortunate and blessed to have many of these kinds of friends. The reason why I’m talking about friends and friendship is because recently, I had the opportunity to hang out with three such friends. All four of us grew up together in Maryland and we hadn’t been in the same place together in a really long time. I moved away to California, and eventually,two of them got married and also moved away to different states. So, in April, we decided we needed to change our lack of hanging out and have a mini reunion! This…
Wednesday Wisdom – Goodbyes are…
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.-Rumi Rumi always gets me. Save
Taste of Chicago 2016 Review
Yesterday, I went to the Taste of Chicago and it felt necessary to share my experience with you this morning rather than Monday morning in case someone out there is debating whether they should go or not and are dying to know what I thought about it. For those that don’t know, It’s a food festival where various local restaurants and food vendors set up booths so people can come and sample some of their popular dishes. Basically, a foodie’s heaven! How it works is, once you are in, you buy tickets at the gate which ends up being your “money” to purchase the food. For 12 tickets it’s $8.50 which I thought was pretty reasonable. The cool thing is that most of the vendors had sample size portions for 3-5 tickets so you can try more than one place and not feeling like you are going to explode. I went with a friend so…