Okay, so “The Ass Grab” was my working title for this essay, I pitched it using the more sedate title “The Grab”, and The Washington Post ran it with the title “Giving Street Harassers All The Attention They Want — And More”. It’s about an experience I had in Marrakech this past summer, and the [...]
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The Ass Grab — The Washington Post, 1/9/2011
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel on January 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Tour Yves Saint Laurent Garden in Marrakech – Luxist
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cobalt blue is a color that runs me through. Here’s a bit about the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. For more piercing blue, don’t miss the gallery.
My Mixed Feelings About Marrakech – Luxist
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel on August 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This looks like a hotel review, but it’s actually the start of exploring my mixed feelings about Marrakech. I began with this quote from Elias Canetti : “In order to feel at home in a strange city, you need to have a secluded room, to which you have a certain title, and in which you [...]
What’s Your Cartouche? – Perceptive Travel
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Adventure, On Places & Travel, On Too Much Information on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m leaving for the airport to fly to Morocco in just about twenty minutes. I’ve never been before, and the idea of landing in Casablanca, as they claim I’ll be doing by tomorrow morning, sounds impossibly exotic — almost as if I heard that I was flying JFK to Oz. (As in Dorothy and the [...]
Rising Sun: Robb Report, January 2008
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this issue, I preview the newly refurbished Singita Pamushana in Zimbabwe. I’m a big fan of the Singita brand, and I’ve written about their Sweni and Lebombo properties in South Africa for Robb Report before –they do the luxury game lodge thing up right. (Their guide’s diaries are fun reading.) Although I didn’t write [...]
Daybook + Huffington Post: Is Ivory Always Wrong?
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, Daybook, On Culture & Trends, On Design & Art, On Politics on November 7, 2008 |
A Wild Pair –Robb Report Luxury Resorts 2008
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel on May 3, 2008 |
How to Take a Safari in a Hurry: TheStreet.com 1/23/08
Posted in Africa Travel, Alison's Portfolio, On Adventure, On Places & Travel on January 23, 2008 |
A South African safari is one of those vacations that you might dream about for very long time –imagining yourself climbing into a Land Rover under that big dome sky, and bouncing across the veldt, dotted with iconic, low spreading fig trees, until you spot a herd of elephants — and then cautiously following your [...]
