Saturday, September 25, 2010

Dusk Over Cairo

I fell in love with OPI nail polish. The love affair began during my undergraduate program and recently, became ravenous. For this coming week, I applied Dusk Over Cairo. I believe that its nuances in color and shine reflect its name properly. It reminds me of the lush colors that fill the sky as the sun sets over the Cairo skyline. Pink turns into gold which turns into orange and red. This is all usually complicated with the thick smog that hangs over the city increasing respiratory problems among its inhabitants. Along with the glittering colors and the smoke that hangs in the air, there is a strong smell of diesel, sweat and onions. At the end of my reminiscing, I am left hungry for Egyptian food, thankful for deodorant and emission laws.