Eighteen years, two-hundred seventeen months, six-thousand six hundred seven days, and nine hundred forty-four weeks ago I started my first day of school. At the time, my mom was working first shift and my dad was responsible for getting me ready for school. We had a routine, he’d make me
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Utica, NY — home of chicken riggies, halfmoons, greens, the best pizza in the world, and home to me! I might be biased though, seeing as I spent 14 years of my life there. But seriously, if you ever go to Upstate NY, you MUST go eat in Utica. What
Where I’m From: Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina Current Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa | USA Favorite Balkan Song: “Godinama” by Dino Merlin & Ivana Banfic Favorite Balkan Dish: Sirnica I’ll start this post by saying I am not a traditional Bosnian girl, whatever that means. I never have been, and I