Dr. Nicole Basaraba

Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities, TCD

Year: 2010

European Life Style: Patios

The patios in Europe are something that you just can’t mimic in Canada. The weather for one thing allows the patios to be open from about May to the end of October. Most patios are on the sidewalks. They have little square or round tables with chairs as light as a feather. They aren’t made
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European Life Style: The Cobblestones

The cobblestones. Yes, they ruined three pairs of my expensive leather Canadian high heels. I trip over stones sticking out of ground pretty much everyday and sometimes more than once a day. There is a particular stone that sticks out on the sidewalk in front of my apartment, which I’ve tripped over many times. But
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Facebook R.I.P

When I started to receive emails requests to join Facebook, after it was already semi-popularized, I just kept deleting them. I wasn’t too interested and then I finally caved in because it was growing and growing to the point where people were making social references in conversation to the network. So I signed up and
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November 11: A Day to Remember

I remember in high school when I would walk in silence with my classmates to the gymnasium. We would take a seat on the benches or on the floor. Everyone sitting in an row and all you heard were the sound of footsteps and a few whispers. Everyone wore a red poppy on their shirt.
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