My Precious Ass Husband
After a long year of Jarrod working abroad and being stuck abroad, he is finally home. We are officially kicking off our first year of marriage… a year late… Continue reading My Precious Ass Husband
Author: rashaontamrahlane
The Quickest Way to The Heart is Pasalubong
As my darling ass husband says, “I’m married to a Filipina, I have no control over my body anymore.” In every culture, our strongest and even earliest memories are of food and of whom we shared it with. For Filipinx’s, … Continue reading The Quickest Way to The Heart is Pasalubong
Let’s Thinx about Periods
Periods are awful. Even beyond the cravings, hormonal fluxes, cramping, bloating, there’s the constant fear of blood dripping down your leg during class or having a giant red spot in your new white pants. Periods are also wildly expensive between … Continue reading Let’s Thinx about Periods
Zero-Waste Laundry: Dropps
Laundry sucks, but I feel like it doesn’t have to suck THAT bad. There has to be a laundry detergent that’s plant-based, thoroughly cleans, in earth-friendly containers… Right?! Continue reading Zero-Waste Laundry: Dropps
Sweet Summer Fruit: Nectarine & Mozzarella Salad
Trying to prioritize healthy or fresh foods in your home-cooked meals during this pandemic can be challenging, working mostly out of the pantry can get old. Thankfully, it’s summertime. It’s a really warm and late summertime here in Texas which … Continue reading Sweet Summer Fruit: Nectarine & Mozzarella Salad
Quarantine Recipe: No-Yeast Pita
Some of us thought we were ahead of the curve thinking “Ok, I’ll make my own bread. Can’t be that hard right? It can’t be that many ingredients all I need is yeast!” Welp. Yeast is gone too… Continue reading Quarantine Recipe: No-Yeast Pita
Easy Labnah Recipe
Comfort food in Casa Tejada on Tamrah Lane comes from many different cuisines, if it’s not Filipino Cuisine it’s Middle Eastern Cuisine. Living in an expatriate compound, pot lucks were always hodgepodge of pansit, hummus, fried rice, and even (if … Continue reading Easy Labnah Recipe
Hello from Rasha
I’m Reham’s sister, I lived in the mango yellow room across the hall. As Miranda Lambert would say, it was the house that built me. In that house you could find a whole table filled with towels ready for swim practice, a rice cooker always filled with rice, and three huge boxy TVs (think VCRs and pre-flat screen). In that house I navigated through my identity as a third culture girl. This blog is a welcome to the house in my heart, the one I started building from the foundations of Tamrah Lane inside this third culture WOMAN. It’s full … Continue reading Hello from Rasha