Ubud — In almost any country of the world you can order banana pancakes at certain cafes and restaurants popular with young travelers. Doesn’t matter where you are — white sand beaches in the South Pacific...
Zuoying district — Money is weird. That’s how I feel every time I travel to a foreign country. Foreign money evokes discomfort. Colors are wrong, texture strange, and weight too heavy or too light. It doesn’t quite feel...
Tokyo — I recently started going to yoga class (almost) every weekend, in an effort to instill some semblance of mental and physical discipline on my life. There is something relaxing about being told what to...
Aireys inlet — That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way. Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City (1969) I’ve already thought of one such examp...
Reno — There are many instances in life for which we take things for granted. The ability to be mobile and gain access to desired areas isn’t something the majority of us think about. However, for those whos...
London — The emergence and emergency barges of the Royal Subsurface Fleet (sometimes known as the Really Silent Service) normally spend three to five years on patrol in the underground canal network. They are ...
Pinellas park — My brother is one of the most passionate and gifted cultivators I know. Years of study and work as an exceptional graphic designer have complimented his innate love of people and plants: his family’s ...
Rueil-malmaison — Photo prise au marché de Suresnes. Le primeur, fier, à volontiers posé.
Rueil-malmaison — Certains auraient dit maru et ils auraient eu raison.
Stuttgart — My rock. Art. Made it. Last night. 500 K.
Aljaraque — Hacía tres meses que el mundo se había ido a la mierda. Una llamarada solar había frito todos los sistemas eléctricos. A pesar de algo de caos inicial, la gente se había acomodado de cierta manera. La...
Brussels — À Bruxelles, où un tiers de la population est étrangère, des classes accueillent les enfants récemment arrivés sur le territoire belge. Le documentaire La Cour de Babel, projeté au cinéma Aventure, a ...
Ashiya — This photo was taken on the first day of Spring, in Okamoto, a fashionable part of Kobe popular with young girls and boys who like to dress up in nice clothes and eat fancy pastries. I was sitting on ...
Brussels — Notre série dédiée aux “Réals de Bruxelles” continue avec une nouvelle rencontre. Alexis Van Stratum, comédien de formation, s’est lancé dans la réalisation en 2001 par envie de s’investir à fond dans...
Kohoku ward — To be filled
Tokyo — Lucky me. One of my favorite people in Tokyo, also cultures me. He knows everything there is to know about furniture, art, music, and photography. He also critiques my photographs. A lot. Most of the ...
Tokyo — When my parents went out at night, I would lie tense as a frightened animal, listening to every creak the house made, and eventually sneak into my little sister’s room to sleep in her bed. Later, when...
Tokyo — In the first day of my new life I left the house despite the bad weather and went out for a walk. A long walk into an unknown part of town. Somehow as if trying to accentuate the change my life is goi...
Tokyo — SAYONARA国立競技場というプロジェクトがある。もうかなりのスケジュールが消化されているのだが、陸上、サッカー、ラグビーといったスポーツイベントのほかに、ももクロやAKB48、（いっしょにするのは申し訳ないが）ポール・マッカートニーといったライブコンサートが企画されている。その一環にスタジアムツアーがあり、競技場の中を解説付きで見ることができる。 そこで、五月一日、ツアーに参加してきた。よく晴...
Douglas — This morning is one of those beautiful bits of early Spring that happen in Wyoming where dawn comes dim and rainy with a fresh clean washed watercolour come to life on the other side of the window. It...
Brussels — Pour la sortie le 7 mai d’Au nom du fils, seulement trois salles à Paris ont accepté sa diffusion. Le film qui traite de la pédophilie chez les prêtres est perçu comme « blasphématoire » et « anti-chr...
Saskatoon — It’s 4 in the morning. How did I get into this? I don’t sleep at night. It’s not intentional or anything like that. It’s more like… I’m a vampire but without the blood drinking. My internal clock ...
Brussels — Filière hors normes et quasi unique au monde, le cursus « Design du livre et du papier, Reliure » est toujours l’un des fleurons de l’école d’arts La Cambre à Bruxelles, et ce n’est pas l’invasion du ...
Midori ward — I saw him many times in my dreams. But recently he exists in reality, or so it seems. I met whose smile I’ve been adoring while sleeping, It was like staring into the sun, if the sun had a thing f...
San francisco — Last week, in the middle of my Branding class, our graduate director stopped by for some announcements, and later pulled me aside. (I thought I was in trouble.) “Christine, I have an unusual request....
Aireys inlet — Nearly five years ago about 20 people from our small coastal community gathered at the foot of the Split Point Lighthouse in our town to join a world-wide “climate change wake-up call”. The call was ...
Reno — Having equal access to all aspects of community life is essential for everyone. It is extremely essential for people with disabilities trying to keep up with life. Communities need to do a much better...
Somewhere — Tonight is as rainy and dark and humid, as last night was clear. I can’t seem to mind. There is something about this weather that lets my soul stretch out and rest. There is space for that in melancho...
Surbiton — Look what came in the post - free sunflower seeds from RHS - yay!
Surbiton — Feeling a little under the weather today so a duvet-day, pottering about the flat and watching trashy TV. Annoyingly, it was a fine sunny day and I missed my brother’s barbecue but it felt quite nice ...
London — Once the High Speed Cycle Routes were established in the 1970s the phenomenon of Thick Air was discovered and the network of Air Monitoring and Warning Shacks was established - chiefly where the corri...
Brussels — Rue des Renards, près de la place du Jeu de Balle, dans le quartier des galeries. On pousse la porte chez Bruno. Galeriste et passionné de l’oeuvre de Jef Aérosol. Il expose une trentaine de ses pocho...
Bexhill-on-sea — We visited some old friends on Saturday who live down on the south coast, and while out for a walk to the sea and back we passed a church building that had been erected using a donation from the widow...
Saint-gilles — Bruxellisation (en néerlandais : verbrusseling) : n.f. Dégradation de l’environnement urbanistique et architectural d’une ville laissée en pâture aux promoteurs immobiliers. À Bruxelles, c’est l’Art n...
クアラルンプール — Pip. Harold was sure he didn’t misheard the name coming from the man at the end of the aisle. Even when it was said twice. The stranger looked a little tanned and sweaty, like he just stepped into th...
Curitiba — This photo a took in front of a historic house, called Casa Gomm (Gomm House). This house was constructed by english immigrants who worked in the rail companies of South of Brazil in first half of the...
Hakuba — Hard to go, When at home, it’s hard to leave… sad to leave. …When adventuring, it’s hard to return. —Ties of a different nature.
Schaerbeek — Donner à voir sur scène la diversité de la ville, c’est le pari de 100 % Bruxelles. Ils sont cent et partagent un instant de leur vie face au public. Un spectacle à hauteur d’homme qui dessine les con...
Chigasaki — Because it’s the Golden Week holiday, I’ve had about ten days off work. (Boss was overseas for business, so no work could happen.) When I’m on holiday though, my sleep schedule shifts. I find myself w...
Zhongxi district — In Tainan, there were many buildings like this one, half-abandoned and its signs faded. Small trees were growing on the roof. Bird droppings must have carried the seeds. I took this snapshot to show t...
Koya — Last week in Japan I was traveling with my 3 young-adult children. I realised that travel is so important for young people that we might want to subsidize it as a society. I am a firm believer in nat...
Mississauga — Kiddo commits to performing in a middle school honour band. He is representing his school for a public, school-board wide performance in celebration of Music Monday. It’s not really the kind of music ...
Tokyo — After a sweet walk through Mushashikoyama with some friends, we ended in this small izakaya where they had strange tables: two levels. You could drink standing and sitting. The sitting stand was funny...
New york — I looked up from my phone long enough to see the doors slip shut at Howard Beach. I was a bit dazed, having just accidentally bought an antique map of Borneo. Ever since the A-Train emerged from unde...
Louisville — “How do you become famous in California?” It has been a perfect evening, the May air holding an absolute dialogue of prosperity and warmth. The shade tree and pickets block my response to the perennia...
Bar harbor — There was a boat, and there were only small amounts of wind. The water was too cold and the air was barely salty enough, and we paused too long for lack of breeze. But, well, nothing worth anything e...
Punta arenas — Clutching my oversized parka that I packed “just in case,” I boarded the minibus after 11pm. Everyone was quiet, except for the man next to me who insisted on practicing his English with me loudly. Th...
Stuttgart — In this garden of disused and broken statues, Luna stood in a silent corner, nearly clean and unharmed. “Come here, my son”, she said. “I’m going to tell you the secret of beauty. If you manage to re...
Penzance — It’s a weird kind of travel writing, when your itinerary is set by the ancestral voices of a fictional character’s family. I was thinking about Cornwall, England, today. There’s buzz about Daphne DuM...
Cold spring — Most of us are fear-ridden people who grew up in a society running on a fear-treadmill. But the gift of fear can be the seeds of courage. To be brave is to behave Bravely when your heart is faint. S...
Örebro — I love all kinds of blues when it comes to colors, and I don’t mind the music either. When it comes to that state of mind - well, I guess it’s a part of the package.
Victoria — It’s been two weeks of daily visits, two weeks of getting to know him a bit better. Our conversations have ranged from his youth in Italy, working in Germany, to his life in Canada. In other circumst...
Shelek — Got sweaty? No river in sight since hours? Drank almost all of your liquid supplies? About to fully empty the last bottle of oh so precious water on your head? Behold! Remember the 1, 2, 3, 4 of the ...
Huntington beach — On my trips, whether it was Budapest, Chianti, or Khajuraho, I would look for the hideaways. The idea is to do whatever I normally do at home — scenic walks, picnic with some portable speakers, peopl...
Topanga — If you give it a chance, you’ll realize Los Angeles offers more than skyscrapers, bars, and beat-up streets. Among people like me (20-somethings with expendable income), the most typical examples of t...
Brussels — C’est frais!”, se réjouit un jeune garçon devant le spectacle qu’improvisent les deux artistes place du Jeu de Balle. “Elles pétillent”, sourit une vieille dame qui se remémore les bals musettes de ...
Belper — The Office of Emergence and Emergencies was always aware that - in the event of ‘something untoward’ the government would have to relocate. This part of the East Midlands was chosen as the alternative...
Brussels — Dimanche 4 mai, le « congrès de la dissidence » devait se tenir dans le quartier populaire d’Anderlecht. Annoncé comme un congrès européen, à peine 300 personnes avaient fait le déplacement. Dieudonné...
Brussels — Il y a deux ans, Ihsane Jarfi a perdu la vie pour le seul motif d’aimer les hommes. Il avait 32 ans. Dans le cadre du Pride Festival, samedi 3 mai, une centaine de personnes dont la famille du jeune...
Tokyo — Au début tu penses que c’est un métro. Mais un métro ne vole pas. Des hélicoptères alors ? Où bien le sang dans tes oreilles parce que tu as un peu bu la veille. Puis tu te mets à trembler. Pourtant t...
Kamakura — After visiting friends in Hayama, my wife and I felt that the traffic to get home on that long weekend would be too bothersome to deal with and so decided to take the scenic route to the highway by me...
Valby — Stratocumulus (perlucidus)
San francisco — On the first Thursday of every month, the Autodesk gallery holds an event called “Design Night”, a night of food and drinks and exploring new technology coming from the halls of Autodesk and more. I’v...
Hội an — This extended weekend beach trip brought back all kinds of fond childhood memories of how a beach vacation is supposed to be. I have stayed away from beaches for being over crowded, dirty, or have bec...
Aireys inlet — You, dear reader, are much too young, no doubt, to remember the little strings of Burma Shave signs that proliferated along US highways until about the time Eisenhower set up the billboard-free Inters...
Rio — Que veux-tu que je te lise, mon chéri ? […] Anne-Marie me fit asseoir en face d’elle, sur ma petite chaise; elle se pencha, baissa les paupières, s’endormit. De ce visage de statue sortit ...
Surbiton — To celebrate the Surbiton Food Festival, some food-inspired yarn bombing around a lamp post, and roundabout. You can see the beautiful art deco station in the background. A quiet day pottering around...
Liverpool — I used to work in the civil service. Your bog standard, lowest of the low, government job. You can tell it was a government job from the low quality paper we used! The one advantage that job gave me w...
Örebro — This evening the sun reaches deep into my room, reflected by the windows on the other side of the square. It brings with it that slow, content sunday pace. For a little while sunlight falls in over t...
Guatemala city — “God doesn’t just “works His magic” in the way you (and I) often wish He would. Doing so would be contradictory to His relational nature which engages us in every season. His ultimate purpose is to gl...
Austin — I see myself turning into a people person. I shedding my loner’s skin. I’m joining human race. It’s not that hard, once you catch onto the rules. I’m an evolutionary creature. I can grew into who...
Guatemala city — La lenta agonía que supone la cura, la cicatrización, un nuevo comenzar, un nuevo despertar. Es que mi alma no lo entiende, no quiere esperar. Tal véz todo sea otra prueba, en la que la victoria es la...
Brussels — Insultes, brimades, discriminations, les homosexuels sont victimes de ces agressions au quotidien. Fotini Tikkou, 33 ans, illustratrice s’engage contre l’homophobie ambiante en signant une série d’un...
Brussels — Trois ans déjà que les 26 académies musicales de la région Bruxelles-Capitale se retrouvent. Cette année, l’événement se tient le premier dimanche de mai. Flagey, ex-Maison de la radio belge accueille...
Tokyo — Il y avait un mariage dans ce temple aujourd’hui. La musique est monté. L’émotion aussi. Une émotion venue de mes profondeurs. Car la musique (traditionnelle japonaise) n’évoquait rien pour moi. Je me...
Tokyo — Rêve : je suis dans une soirée genre salle des fêtes. Je n’ai bu que 4 verres puis les flics déboulent. Ils arrêtent la soirée et nous disent de payer. Il y en a pour 850€. On est très étonnés et ...
Shanghai — NYC is raving about Escape the Room but Mr. X has been going strong in Shanghai for over a year. Pick your metaphor: real-life Myst, Sleep No More for puzzles, murder mystery dinner sans dinner … Fi...
London — A lovely day catching up with family after my trip. Yummy dim sum lunch and then a potter around Covent Garden. Topped off with a strawberry split on my balcony, enjoying the early evening warm sunshi...
Vernazza — …but a few more may suffice. Contrasting colors cascade the eyes everywhere you look. Grape vines wind their way up the terraced ridges that hug the harbor. Nestled in its safe embrace, pastels c...
Aireys inlet — As when the golden sun salutes the morn, And, having gilt the ocean with his beams, Gallops the zodiac in his glistering coach, And overlooks the highest-peering hills. William Shakespeare, Titus ...
Ilkley — I’ve been noticing this sign for days. ADDITIONAL UNDERCOVER CUSTOMER PARKING I wanted it for my collection of signs daftly worded or with unintended meanings given by line breaks, juxtaposition, mi...
London — This corner was once the very centre of London’s famous String District and, high above the street, every Thursday evening, this is where the legendary String Theatre would perform. Look up now and yo...
Brussels — C’est aux abords de la rue de la Régence, tout près du Palais de Justice, que se cache la salle d’exposition d’Art Contemporain Mon Chéri. Âgée d’à peine quelques semaines, un petit sac à l’entrée fai...
Shimizu-ku — This is known as one of the Great three views of Japan.
Zhongxi district — Tainan, the old capital of Taiwan, has many old temples, but my expectation to find quaint and rustic temples met unexpected sights. Many local temples turned out to be tacky. I just couldn’t find any...
Beijing — 中午在眉州东坡小吃和会坛吃饭。快要走的时候一个老太太借座。打包了两个炒饭和两份不辣的四川泡菜，以及堂食的酸梅汤。接下去的时间里，她喝了半杯酸梅汤，与我们讲了一堂课时长的故事——说她爸爸的故事，说她在美国念小学的故事。 她父亲是历史学家瞿同祖，研究历史和法律，师从吴文藻，与费孝通是同学；母亲研究国文。但是老太太喜欢数理化，最后去了南开学化学，毕业后在北京印刷学院做了化学老师直到退休。45年3月，父...
Saskatoon — I’m supposed to be looking for jobs. Instead I’m looking for YouTube videos and articles to read. Today I think I was productive… I did some story work on my script, I wrote an article about the soc...
New westminster — Tomorrow we fly. 15 hours. We take off at 4pm out of Vancouver and, after a brief 3 hour layover in Amsterdam, will land in Barcelona at what will feel like 7am to us but will really be 4pm in the co...
Hong kong — It is the oldest Anglican Church in Asia. It played an important role in the woman’s liberation movement. The land it sits on is owned by the church and not the Government which is the only piece of l...
University heights — Out of ten messages I sent to various rescue groups and foster homes, your foster was the first to respond. She said you were taken from a kill shelter just hours away from being put down. A concerned...
Tokyo — People of the city rest in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on holiday. I feel like I’m at Regent’s Park in London , Central Park in Manhattan, Tuileries Park in Paris… In other words, I feel happy spending m...
Aireys inlet — For most of my life, my time was equally divided between work and worry. I spent far too much time doing each of those things, and probably still do. However, in semi-retirement, I have made other i...
Guatemala city — Where nobody can help me, where nobody wants to help. I’ve been thinking about that since I was ten, but there were many reasons why I couldn’t understand. My mom told me that I was special and it was...
Örebro — Walpurgis night, or Valborg as we call it around here, is an old pagan tradition in which spring is greeted and celebrated. The name Valborg, or Walpurgis in german, comes from a saint whom I don’t k...
Surbiton — This is not a photo of my happy moment but it is such a strange phenomenon that I had to capture the moment my cheese plant started to cry. I returned home from my trip to find everything blooming on ...
Guatemala city — Lu Beth had never really hated anything. Until Lu. Daryl had found her surrounded by a bunch of dead walkers, passed out. He had carried her back to the prison and now they were friends. Rick had ...
Tokyo — 正門と呼んでいいのだろうか。東京体育館の裏、外苑西通りに面した国立競技場の正面にあたるところに亀倉雄策がデザインした1964年東京オリンピックシンボルマークのレリーフがあり、その両側には各競技の金メダリストの名前が刻まれている。 真ん前の庭（公園？）には、クーベルタン男爵のレリーフがはめ込まれたIOC70周年の記念碑があり、その脇の石碑には、「昭和39年10月東京において開始された第18回オリン...
London — A lovely fish supper and catch-up with my sister (and yes, to traditionalists, it is probably not proper fish supper as it’s not actually Friday and yes, that is a salad you see in the corner of the p...
Surbiton — I watched Saving Mr Banks on the plane (it’s a great film - I like Mrs Travers; a feisty independent woman who speaks her mind) and as the main character opens the door to her home after a trip away, ...
Tangerang — Another day, another city. Today, a country and city I have not visited before so I was excited to see what it was like. I’d not heard many good things about it, either from people who have lived ther...