I know I’m older when…
by The Flamingo I turned 35 recently and I got myself the latest book of Caroline de Maigret and Sophie Mas as a birthday present. It features a very suggestive title: “Older but better, but older”. I felt a bit…
A guide to being chill
by The Flamingo In this era of ours a lot of people are battling anxiety. Unfortunately, The Flamingo is no stranger to this problem. It’s an unending and tiring war with my own mind and body for eight years now.…
About Loss
by The Flamingo In this era of mental health awareness, people tend to be more introspective in order to find out what issues they are having and how to solve them. We are more conscious than our parents and grandparents…
Resolutions of a different kind
by The Flamingo Happy New Year, everyone! May this new decade bring you all you ever wanted. I don’t usually make resolutions, hated the thought until I turned 30. Overnight I got a little wiser and I started making some…
Revelations about Switzerland
by The Flamingo 2019 is coming to an end and as the New Year is approaching, I’m prone to dwell on my revelations and maybe also make some resolutions. But this article isn’t about the resolutions I didn’t make and…
Christmas as an expat
by The Flamingo This is my 4th Christmas away from my home country. The first Christmas I spent in the desert of the UAE, the next ones in the highlands of Switzerland. Although very different from one another, like fire…
The art of traveling
by The Flamingo This article is inspired by the “bon viveur/la dolce vita” theme. It’s a prolific subject for me personally, with endless possibilities. This modus vivendi, of living life a certain way, with some grace, delicacy, simplicity and meaning…
L’art de la Délicatesse
by The Flamingo This topic may be considered by some pretentious or snobbish, but I assure you it’s very natural and simple at its core. The latest read by Dominique Loreau unraveled my contemplative nature a bit. This is not…
One winter day
by The Flamingo Zürich, Sunday morning, two weeks before Christmas, two years ago. It was a blustery day outside. The wind and the snow made the cold feel even worse than it was. I had one more weekend before Christmas…
Eating meat
by The Flamingo This, dear reader, is not meant to be a funny article nor an easy one to digest. This is written for all you animal lovers out there, who may understand some of the things I’m going through.…
