From Senegal with Love: First Two Months (PST)

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Here are pictures from my first two months in Senegal, for those of you that don't have facebook:

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This is our swear-in ceremony in Dakar:

Send Me Some Love!

anything from Trader Joes!

granola/protein bars

fruit leathers/snacks

dried fruit (cranberries, cherries, apricot, spicy mango)

nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios)

*I can get peanuts and cashews here

trail mix (my fav includes dried cranberries, cherries, almonds, cashews, pistachios, and chocolate from TJs)

candy - peanut butter m&ms (not to be confused with peanut), red vines, sour patch kids, cherry slices, lollipops, chocolate caramels, dark chocolate

goldfish

peanut butter

summer sausage

cheese! (if that's at all possible)

pre-cooked oscar meyer bacon

turkey jerky, buffalo jerkey (TJs)

flavored drink pouches (pls no tea flavors!)

Starbucks Via (flavored and iced!)

mac and cheese (boxes)

breakfast foods

instant oatmeal

cake, cookie, bread mixes

any kind of mexican food

sauce mixes, dressings, etc

any food with "just add water" or instant (indian, asian, etc at TJs)

spices (herbs de provence, cilantro)

tea & hot chocolate

new music

magazines- Vanity Fair, People, Real Simple, etc

seeds (zucchini, chives, flowers)

Basically anything fun or food related or american is good!

Books I Have Read in Senegal

60) Gone With the Wind
59) What is the What
58) Fifty Shades of Grey
57) World Without End
56) Resistance
55) Bossypants
54) The Paris Wife
53) Gang Leader for a Day
52) Fair Game
51) The Canterbury Papers
50) The Lucky One
49) Band of Brothers
48) The Inheritance of Loss
47) Sarah's Key
46) The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
45) Salt: A World History
44) Interpreter of Maladies
43) Mockingjay
42) The Sunflower
41) Catching Fire
40) Fast Food Nation
39) Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
38) The Cookbook Collector
37) Heart of the Matter
36) The Hunger Games
35) Like Water For Chocolate
34) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
33) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
32) In Defense of Food
31) Cutting for Stone
30) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
29) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
28) Three Cups of Tea
27) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
26) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
25) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
24) Confessions of a Shopaholic
23) A Year in Provence
22) Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
21) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
20) Dreams of Joy
19) The Pillars of the Earth
18) Chocolat
17) The Piano Teacher
16) Push Not the River
15) Shanghai Girls
14) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
13) Marley & Me
12) The Help
11) The Love Goddess' Cooking School
10) The Boleyn Inheritance
9) Me Talk Pretty One Day
8) Mountains Beyond Mountains
7) Baby Proof
6) The Poisonwood Bible
5) Dead Reckoning
4) Unbroken: A Word War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
3) Le Divorce
2) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
1) The Borgia Bride

Sunday, June 26, 2011

First Two Months (PST)

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