The Black and White

Bollyblog: Living on a village farmhouse

By Eyal Hanfling • February 22, 2012

Every day, the vegetables I eat at lunch and dinner come from the small farm in my host family’s backyard, and the milk I drink comes each morning on a bicycle from a buffalo in a nearby village. I’m...

Chris Brown’s Grammys performance sends wrong message on domestic abuse

By Carolyn Freeman • February 14, 2012

After an enthusiastic introduction, R&B singer Chris Brown sauntered on to the Staples Center stage Sunday night before dancing to his new song, “Turn Up the Music.” Brown performed at the...

Bdubbs Bakes: Valentine’s Day cookies

By Carolyn Freeman • February 13, 2012

Tired of the same old Valentine’s Day chocolates or flowers? Try these chocolate chip meringues this Valentine’s Day for an elegant twist on classic chocolate chip cookies. Ingredients: 2...

No sugar for a month? Yep, I’m a tough cookie

By Carolyn Freeman • February 12, 2012

A Georgetown cupcake has never tasted so good. After a month of abstaining from foods with added sugar, the coconut chocolate cupcake was a godsend. Sugar-free January was not, to say the least, a rousing...

CARTOON: Scrapped campaign slogans 2012

By Pablo Ramírez • February 11, 2012

Graphic artist Pablo Ramirez reviews some of the presidential candidates' worst slogans so far this election year in his cartoon.

South Africa: Oh, the places you’ll go

By Lucy Chen • February 9, 2012

It's been only two and a half weeks since my last post, but in that time, I've experienced more than I could have ever imagined through visits to a wildlife park, the prison that held Nelson Mandela and a leadership camp.

‘Goeiedag,’ or hello, from South Africa

By Lucy Chen • January 18, 2012

It’s 30 degrees (in Celsius) right now, I saw a baboon walking down the street yesterday, and when I asked for ketchup at lunch today, the waitress looked at me like I was crazy. Needless to say, this side of the world is far different from our “Bethesda bubble.”