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During my gap year, I lived in Dakar, Sénégal (spelled that way, with the acute accents, is the French way) for five months. I lived in a neighborhood called Yoff, a former fishing village dominated by the Sufi brotherhoods of Senegal.

I was fascinated by life in Yoff, with its sandy streets and night-long chanting. One of my favorite snacks in Senegal was Skippy peanut butter, bought from the American Food Store next to our Embassy, with bananas bought on the street in Yoff. It was funny; the local vendors sold bananas not from Senegalese farms, but rather multinational fruit companies, brands like Chiquita that you would buy in the States.

In Yoff, the language is Wolof, even if people speak French at work or school.

I enjoyed my time in Senegal, but I am also glad to be back in Princeton.

A Mock-Up of a Proposed Princeton Building, from the University's website here.
Here are some websites I like:

  1. The New York Times, for news
  2. The Atlantic, for ideas
  3. Permanent Style, for a hobby
  4. Eater.com, for restaurant recs and news!
  5. Jeff Nobbs' Blog, for more ideas

Thomas Cole's "The Oxbow" from Wikipedia, my favorite painting

Press here for some storm sounds: Rain, Distant Rumbles Downloaded from Zapsplat, here

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