Real Life Sex in the City

I had a moment the other day where I just had to laugh at what I was experiencing. It all started when we were asked to come to a coffee ceremony. In a small little "club room" were six girls chatting away. One girl was conducting the coffee ceremony which consisted of brewing coffee, pouring it, boiling more water and then brewing another round with the same coffee grounds. The idea is that the coffee is stronger at the beginning and then weaker at the end. The room is filled with smoke that smelled like incense but had a smokier effect. For over an hour the girls chatted, laughed and yelled. It was as if they never ran out of things to say even though they are always together. At the end of the coffee ceremony, all of the girls whipped out their lip glosses. It was like a ritual they all do- drink coffee, chat forever, apply lip gloss and then leave. In the middle of this they also talked about what club they were going to go to the next night. At that moment I saw a parallel to Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda drinking their martinis, talking about their love lives, freshening up and then meeting later. Although these girls are nothing like the characters on Sex and the City, I had to laugh because I saw at that moment; girls are girls no matter where you are.