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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Re: Café au Laid

posted by on November 8 at 9:41 AM

“It is about time to use an Ethiopian flavour for beautiful Ethiopian girls,” said Dereje Alemu, 19, a university student.
Now that we are aware of these airy words, amorous words that arrive like an aromatic whiff from the wonderland of the African mind, we must not meet the end of today without seeing at least one sample of the many “beautiful Ethiopian girls” that are presently in this world of our making and taking. Picture%207.jpg The name of this exquisite human being is Liya Kebede.

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Thank you, Charles. These are my favorite Mudede posts. And I always find it a bit unfair that Charles is typically labeled a "perve" or some such thing every time he does a post like this. So what if he possesses an appreciation for beautiful women? At least he's honest about what he likes. And he's certainly not the only stranger writer who makes these posts (though maybe the only striaght one).

Posted by Peter | November 8, 2007 10:05 AM
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makes me want a nice hot cup of coffee.

Posted by mason | November 8, 2007 10:21 AM
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charles & i agree, horn of africa women are smoking hot.

too bad the somali women are kept under wraps. they look like nuns @ folkfest.

islam is just as awesome as christianity.

Posted by max solomon | November 8, 2007 10:23 AM
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She looks nice.

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 8, 2007 10:38 AM
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali = beauty + brains

Posted by Peter | November 8, 2007 10:43 AM
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Laid means ugly in French.
Cafe au laid = coffee with ugly.
Hilarious!
http://www.wordreference.com/fren/laid

Posted by chicagogaydude | November 8, 2007 10:52 AM
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I agree -I really enjoy posts that appreciate the beauty of African women.

Posted by Sachi | November 8, 2007 10:55 AM
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she has crazy robot beauty

Posted by vooodooo84 | November 8, 2007 11:01 AM
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another CM beauty of course. But why is his taste in architecture so bad?

Posted by Lawrence Molloy | November 8, 2007 11:30 AM
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Kebede is gorgeous! I remember André Leon Talley singing her praises years ago. And someone has to -- black women are increasingly underrepresented in fashion.
We should be asking why, because it can't be for lack of beauty:

http://self.blogs.com/images/1219liya.jpg

Posted by Irena | November 8, 2007 11:39 AM
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the entire horn of africa is filled with would-be/could-be/should-be supermodels. i'm absolutely floored by the simple, elegant beauty of the proprietress of my favorite ethiopian restaurant in SF.

Posted by brandon | November 8, 2007 12:01 PM
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Hello!

Posted by Greg | November 9, 2007 1:06 AM

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