Archive for July, 2008



Hi My Name is… 254 Comments

Wow, just wow. The number of bernos blog readers is growing by the month, averaging 700 unique visitors per day. That means more than a few hundred people, consisting of mostly Ethiopians in North America, seriously follow the bernos crew around. I met lots of people, mostly those that just read about us, and so [...]

here & everywhere 92 Comments

I luh me a rich platter of cultures and perspectives …some pocky, kenke, some spicy pad thai, kitfo with coal toasted KoCHo and gomen be ayib, some falafel, tegabino shirro, butiCHa topped off with bubble tea or a mojito… I get intrigued that a certain arrangement of patterns, colors, monuments or objects tell stories, harbor [...]

Partying Abesha Style 34 Comments

Nate & Yodit from Talk of DC When Abesha people invite me to a party, I’m like; naw I’m good, I go to real parties. You know, I go to the real HU. I was frankly amazed this past Ethiopian DC soccer tournament; party after party, event after event, everybody was getting it. Normally, when [...]

Open Thread 11 Comments

Working hard or hardly working We are working this week, with no internet connection other than to process orders from around the world. We love you guys but we also have lives, and thus we are not going to be updating the blog this week as we are busy at the ESFNA event here in [...]