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The world grows more inviting: Obama’s inauguration from abroad

January 22, 2009 · by Lauren · in Cambodia, Travel Stories

Tuk tuk drivers celebrate Obama’s inauguration in Siem Reap, Cambodia | Photo by Lauren Girardin With the twelve hour time difference, Todd and I have to stay up past midnight to watch Obama‘s inauguration, hours after most Cambodians go to…

Thoughts from abroad on the ups and downs of Election Day

November 18, 2008 · by Lauren · in Detritus

We hear that Obama wins! | Photo by Lauren Girardin Early in the morning of November 4th, our friend Jennie went into labor at her home in Philadelphia. Instead of immediately rushing out the door, she and her husband Amos…

Voting from the global road

July 22, 2008 · by Todd · in Detritus

Patriotism for sale as neckties | Photo by Lauren Girardin “Will you vote absentee? How does that work?” asked Jennie, five months pregnant, sprawled on her couch in the South Philly row house she shares with her husband Amos. I…

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