by jocelyn_mitchell | Feb 12, 2022 | Drink
It was Father’s Day, June 16, 2019, when I got an intriguing clue in the NYT Sunday crossword: “Cocktail of tequila and grapefruit soda.” I had no idea what the answer was, but it sounded really good! A bit of a google search revealed the Paloma, and I promptly went...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Feb 11, 2022 | Eat
Nick’s favorite cuisine is Mexican… and good Mexican food is pretty difficult to find outside of the Americas! We are always on the lookout and have found gems in the most surprising of places, like Mojo’s Flying Burritos in Bali, Indonesia, and Viva Mexico by Mr....
by jocelyn_mitchell | Jan 23, 2022 | Drink
By living and teaching abroad in Doha, Qatar, for fourteen years, our friends have become our family. So when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down our schools and workplaces in March 2020, our usual source of comfort and camaraderie was shut down too. Our tightly knit...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Jan 16, 2022 | Eat
Rather than travel back home to the US in the summer of 2020, our family stayed in Doha, Qatar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a long, hot summer with no place to go (as all public areas, including beaches, parks, and pools, along with air-conditioned...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Jan 10, 2022 | Be Mindful
My journey to meditation began in early spring of 2020—in hindsight, quite lucky timing as meditation has been key to preserving my mental health during these years of global pandemic. A colleague of mine suggested checking out the Calm app and, in particular, the...
