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My life, as Amelia Edwards once said, is the "satisfaction of a purposeless curiosity."

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Category Archives: trip

WHY DON’T YOU? #171

March 26, 2018by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you pretend you never treat yourself and treat yourself? I just discovered that there’s a gorgeous little exhibition going on at the Oriental Institute until the end […]

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advice, clean, Diana Vreeland, elegance, food, inspiration, life, suggestion, trip, Why Don't You?

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #166

December 18, 2016by Benjamin Phillips 1 Comment

LOVE: Potatoes Savoyards: I legitimately have no idea where I came up with this recipe. I don’t even have a recipe for it. I don’t actually know if what I […]

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baking, cooking, France, Holiday, Internet, trip, writing

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #117

October 4, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Results From Tutankhamen’s Tomb: I swear to Beysus, if they find Nefertiti’s mummy in that dinky tomb, I am going to be in a constant state of losing my shit until I can get […]

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ancient Egypt, Egyptology, future, glasses, interior design, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CIty, NYC, travel, trip, Tutankhamen

STRANDED! LOST! DOOMED! LEFT FOR DEAD! (Or, My Unfortunate Italian Escapade)

August 17, 2015by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

“Punch him with your bag!” Sandra hissed menacingly at me. “I can’t hit him,” I responded immediately, huffing and out of breath, my gentlemanly instincts tend to prevail in all […]

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adventure, Italy, train, travel, trip, Turin, vacation

Bonjour Paris!

July 29, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Actual footage of me today: But I wasn’t quite in Paris, yet. I don’t know why I’m ever anywhere else, Paris is perfection. Well, Dublin Airport is like any other […]

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France, Paris, travel, trip, vacation

2014, A Reflection: Part 3/4

December 27, 2014by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

JULY: [Just a warning, readers, July was probably one of the most important months of my life thus far, and so this post is going to be hella long. Carry […]

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Cairo, Chicago, Europe, food, Harry Styles, New York CIty, One Direction, tattoo, travel, trip

The Long Journey To America

August 7, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

To start my trip back to Iowa, I had to wake at the unholy hour of four o’clock in the morning. No person should ever have to see that on […]

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Africa, America, Egypt, travel, trip, Winter Palace

LUXOR: I’d Be A DAMN Good Tour Guide

August 1, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I don’t mean to brag or boast, but I often find that my knowledge of things is too overwhelming. I’m not cocky about this when I chat to people, because […]

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Africa, ancient Egypt, Egypt, history, Thebes, travel, trip, vacation

LUXOR: Luxury

July 30, 2014by Benjamin Phillips 3 Comments

I had great intentions of waking up early and packing and making my rounds and saying goodbye to everybody, but then I realized I would have to be conscious at […]

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Cairo, Egypt, hotel, Luxor, travel, trip, vacation, Winter Palace

CAIRO: I Go Out Walking After Midnight

July 29, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

This post surely won’t be my most awe-inspiring. I haven’t yet written it, but I assume it will be a bit depressing. On my last few days in Cairo, I […]

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Africa, Cairo, culture, Egypt, travel, trip, vacation

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