Nice, Rude, or Real? How We Are Seen Underneath Our Culture

Musing from a trip to EU and EG. Every culture has its stereotypes: Americans are fake-nice, French are rude, Egyptians intense, Italians loud. These all are nothing more than surface labels because underneath it all there is things like history, values, emotional styles that paint a deeper and different scene. What I mean to say:…

Steam, Sweat, and Slave Skirts: A Benevolent Mistress Embraces Modern Cleaning

As the reigning Mistress of a Female-led estate, I won’t be burdened by domestic upkeep. Of course I delegate such drudgery to My loyal male house servants—barefoot, collared, and dressed according to the strict style code of ancient Roman subjugates. You know the look: linen slave skirts, and the clink of polished Roman slave titanium…

Is It Rude to Give Your Dad Soap for Father’s Day? Asking for a Friend.

So, the scene: Father’s/Step Dad’s Day. I found myself pondering the same ol Xy ideas. Man books? Science mag? Whiskey stones he’ll never use? Been there, done that. This year, I did something a lil different and maybe riskier. Bought him… soap. But not exactly just any kinda soap. This was clean designed, Japanese-engineered, made-in-the-USA…

When Men Get to Melt Down and Women Have to Hold It Together

I’ve been watching Below Deck Mediterranean Season 2, and something hit me about the dynamic between Malia (the female deckhand) and the men she works with. Malia’s someone who def grew up in a not-so-mellow environment: five brothers, male-dominated career, nonstop pressure to prove herself. And she does prove herself, she’s confident, sharp, assertive, and…

When the Affectation Wears Off: Yacht Guests vs. the Real Royals

A fav part of Below Deck Mediterranean isn’t just the crew fights/romances or the docking fails, it’s watching the charter guests slowly come undone. The walk up always looking good. Chic outfits, calm, acting like they summer in Antibes and spend weekends sipping rosé on someone’s private vineyard. You half expect them to casually quote…