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Maureen

I am here for Friends

About Me

Law student ex-pat.I live here: http://www.thehague.nl/ and I work there: www.un.org/ictyI always want to have a strong heart, a clear mind, and a tough skin.

My Interests

Things I adore: wine bars. olives & cheese. vintage dresses. entertaining. my love/hate relationship with DC's circles. international criminal law. prosecco & cava. white orchids & dutch tulips. dc city life. an inexplicable obsession with Iran. the economist & foreign affairs. cherry blossoms. burlesque. hefeweizen. vogue. day drinking and happy hour. W magazine. style and poise. graciousness and courtesy. vodka gimlets. big jewelry. annie leibovitz. peep toes. lebanon. Things I deplore: cold feet (literally and figuratively). last call. shin splints. invidiousness. Things I am trying to do: vivendo la dolce vita.

I'd like to meet:

Anthony Bourdain. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, simply to see how big her glasses are in real life.

Books:

Antonio Cassese, Bassouini, From Beirut to Jerusalem, Pablo Neruda, Sandra Cisneros, Kahlil Gibran, Reading Lolita in Tehran, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs, Persepolis, Embroideries, Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures, Lawless World, International Criminal Law and Ad Hoc Tribunals