We have been making bread using the most fantastic recipe, created by Jim Lahey (of NYC Sullivan Street Bakery). It's called "no-knead bread" and Mark Bittmann of the New York Times shows us how to make it.

So far, we have organized three workshops to show friends how to make it. Our friend José made a video to show the goodness.

Note, we're having a little glitch showing the Youtube on the site - we'll get this fixed shortly.

For instance, the rainy season here lasts for two months. During this time it might rain eight times but each rain is very heavy and will completely flood parts of the city and put most of it into chaos. There are no water runoff systems to carry the water away.

These photos were taken with my iPhone near one of the big local market areas. The sun was so bright I could not even see the images on my iPhone camera but they came out with this rather other world quality.

Because of the heat, and the fact that our house did not have working AC (nor had our furniture arrived), we slept outside on the terrace under a mosquito tent. As I layed their trying to fall asleep with a tired energy from travelling and being in a totally new place, my mind began to focus on the incredible noise of the city - a cacophony (the only word for it) of crickets, cats, dogs, donkeys, taxis and bats. Bats?!

It was at this point that I was able to make out, in the dark, the motion of bats swarming overhead moving in and out of the trees adjacent to our house. I'm not sure if I had ever seen a bat before but was always under the impression that one should simply stay away from them. I didn't fall asleep until the sun came up that night.

I've since learned that bats are not all that bad and in a place like Mauritania they are darn good for reducing the mosquito population. They only come to town for four months of the year and then I have no idea where they migrate.

Credit for the video goes to NYPete31.

Eloisa is a Spanish architect who is currently working for an institutional donor in Mauritania. When she is not working she spends her time designing clothing for fun, collecting textiles, cooking (have you heard of sous vide yet?), trying the available exercising options in Nouakchott and having fun with friends and family.

Vaska is a designer/developer from Seattle, Washington who followed Eloisa halfway around the globe to settle in Belgium and then eventually Mauritania. Often referred to as the "mobile husband" he spends his free time trying to learn French, thinking about whitespace, and planning the next holidays. You can check out his own site at vaska.com.

We are not photographers but we want to remember our time in Mauritania. We hope you find this journal interesting. All photos are taken by us (unless otherwise noted) and you must ask for our permission before using them.

Tatiret compagnie ouverte (open company) is an on-going design collaboration between Vaska, Eloisa and other curious parties. For the moment, we are on hiatus while we focus on long term projects. We intend to relaunch this site with a new focus in 2013.

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Email: vaska [at] tatiret [dot] com