New york — Big thoughts require big spaces to write them down, sketch them out, consider, discard, expand on, and outline ideas into decisions. Whiteboards are great places for that process to happen. Have you ...
Bromley — It was one of those evenings where an unfortunate combination of circumstances more-or-less guaranteed that the journey home was going to be rather trying! My first train was late, so I already knew ...
Woodcliff lake — For a young boy who used to put on dad’s big baggy blazer. He was my hero. For a young boy who grew up with him in the skyline’s highrise offices. He was my hero. For a young boy who witnessed the...
Toronto — The baby was absolutely perfect. We got along great. She was the first grandchild of a family that has been coming for twenty three years. The woman who played mary when I was a baby was also there. ...
London — Peer into the small green cabinet at the corner of the street. Spliced together, loop after loop, the tiny pulses of hundreds of telecom connections. A spaghetti junction mapping our connected world.
London — The scouts of an alien invasion, the remnants of a fight between techno-ninjas, the Eye of Farringdon, a keyhole to another dimension, the tip of the Staff of Platform only the chosen one may free… ...
Tokyo — 399 Yen raw scallop sushi. Large and fatty, like an enormous quilt covering a mouthful of white rice. Almost too big to fit in one bite. The moment it meets your tongue. Pure bliss. What is that deli...
Saqarah — Tuesday morning. Walk by the lake with our guns on our shoulder. Arrival of Neuville, escorted by a number of gentlemen - pipe and coffee - killing of doves at the edge of a hole where a colossus lies...
Chigasaki — First of all, sorry for potato. I’m a fan of chocolate. I’m a fan of drinks. I’m a fan of one snack item flavoured like a snack item from a different category. Stew-flavoured potato chips… I can’t ...
Auckland — My friend Melissa features in my blog quite a lot over the years, although not always by that name. In the beginning I used to refer to most people by nicknames as I wasn’t sure whether they’d apprec...
Seoul — 어떤 사람이 일단 글을 써서 궁금하다고 표시하는 기능도 있네요. 글쓴이가 그걸 보고 위 내용을 덧붙이려는 수요(?)를 알 수 있고요. 생각보다 괜찮은 기능이긴 하네요. 나중에 블로그 서비스에서 응용하면 괜찮을지도?
Seoul — 생각이 많아진다. 선택을 한다고 하고 내가 많은 것을 못 보고 보고 싶은 것만 보고 있는 것인지. 그래도 같은 것에 대해 고민하고 서로 응원해줄 수 있는 사람이 많은 것은 힘이 된다.
Seoul — 한강진 역에서 글을 쓰고 있다. 에그를 쓰고 있기 때문에 서울에 있는 곳에서 인터넷이 가능한 것은 나름 매력적이다. 요즘 블로그를 다시 시작하고 있기도 하고, 글 쓰는 서비스에 관심이 좀 있다보니 택주형의 추천으로 hi.co 서비스를 사용하게 되었다. 좀 써봐야 해당 서비스의 컨셉이 잡힐 듯 한데. 일단 끊김없이 글을 쓸 수 있다는 것이 매력적이다. ...
Flushing — It felt that way when you first moved there, not used to the humidity, and certainly, not used to the summer’s heat. Then you were so enamored with all the people everywhere, sweating and sticky too. ...
Akiruno — After years of mocking ugly pet dogs, the kind that grannies like to keep, the kind that seems to have been crossbred with rats rather than descended from wolves, one of them took it upon himself to b...
Los angeles — This place is huge! Lots of tables, booths and an expanded bar. We were brought to a cozy booth within minutes. Orders for food and drinks was prompt and the food was on our tables as if they knew we ...
Bells beach — As one would expect, surfing is pretty huge in the Surf Coast Shire, home of Bells Beach, an important Australian venue for this sport. Bells is also the location of the annual aboriginal titles comp...
Athens — Greece may be in crisis but Greeks always find time for coffee, and so cafes and bars keep popping up everywhere. Some become popular overnight, some are more popular than others, but all seem to be p...
Saskatoon — I’ve been spending a fair bit of time behind this microphone at Paved Arts lately, but to record for other artists, not to record my own work. Almost a year ago filmmaker and friend Amalie Atkins tol...
Amsterdam — I’ve been part of the Hub’s 60 day challenge - a program for startups. And it was here, on the last few days, that I realized that I had been stuck in fear - fear of validating my assumptions, since s...
New haven — Architecture students are up night and day preparing for final reviews. In the midst of the terror of unfinished models, unliked projects, and inadequate concepts, the snow distracts the students from...
Gorizia — Earlier today I took this picture while I was in a bar with my colleague, waiting in a row to pay for our daily after lunch coffee. When I saw all those beautiful colors painting the floor I felt lik...
Minneapolis — The whole discussion began with her bad mood and skipping half of the thesis class that night. In the end of the discussion, we reached the agreement and the solution of her bad mood from the thesis c...
Nacogdoches — The lighted Christmas parade is held the first Saturday in December in downtown Nacogdoches, Texas. The whole community either participates in the parade by coming to watch or decorating and riding o...
Bogota — The Office of the Inspector General of Colombia, headed by Alejandro Ordoñez, ordered the mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro, to be removed from office alleging mismanagement of the city’s garbage collec...
Chigasaki — One of my students was late, and so I looked outside to see if I could see him coming. I noticed that, off to the east, there was a huge wall of white fluffy clouds. As I watched, I could actually see...
London — Although I’ve walked down Wakefield Street many times on my lunchtime strolls, I’ve never noticed this before. ‘Stella and Fanny’ were a double act on stage:
Saqarah — Monday. We ride along the desert, which subsides and falls over the valley - sun, fresh air - the pyramids of Sakkara are much smaller, and more ruined than the pyramids of Giza. In Sakkara we lost ou...
Cartago — I cannot understand how hard is to make a decision that can change your life, but how easy is to make a mistake that changes everything around. Since October I’ve been unemployed, I’ve been surviving...
Sevenoaks — I find fog fascinating (how sad am I?!) Obviously you can’t see very far, but it influences other senses too. Everything sounds different in thick fog. The density forces an eerie silence even in us...
Winter park — Red-shoulder hawks are the one of the only hawk species that will perch on utility wires, so I’ve been able to identify these birds easily. I seen quite a few perched like so during my year in centra...
Ueda — ひね曲がったカウンターの隅に座る。時代を経て、こんなにも厚みのある木の板が向こう側に大胆にも傾いている。 剥げた茶托と欠けた茶碗がこんなにも洒落て見えることもあるのだな。
Tübingen — I’ve bought the right to sit here till this train has carried me to you. In case of an emergency, I could use one of these hammers, smash the window to pieces and escape unharmed. I’ve always been fas...
Lyon — It used to be that inhabitants of Lyon put candles in glasses outside their window for this Festival dating back to the 1850s in its current form, with roots in the 17th c. In the last 10 years though...
Columbia — I was raised Catholic. Any time I tell someone that, I can feel them thinking, “And what are you now?” Because it’s understood that very few people raised within The Church stay with The Church becau...
Nazlet el-semman — (…) Small caves at the bottom of the pyramids hill. They look like old cave dwellings. The rock is so shredded it looks like an animal, like shapeless vertebraes. The sand is covered and filled with...
Nazlet el-semman — We hear a few jackals crying. Climb of the biggest pyramid (Kheops). The stone, which from a distance of 200 steps seem big as cobble stones, are nonetheless, for the smallest of them, three feet high...
Washington — These are “epes”—baguettes cut to resemble sheafs of wheat—with the one of the left circled into a wreath. The recipe is Peter Reinhart’s “pain de campagne,” a versatile french bread variation. I hadn...
Stellenbosch — When I was in college my friends and I did this often. We’d get up at 5:30, run up to First Beacon, make a quick cup of coffee on the camping stove, then run down and be in class by 9:00. So when I ha...
Chicago — The walls here are raw and beat, covered with graffiti left by visiting bands. In contrast, the furniture is modern, comfortable and clean. I spent several hours here, time enough to peruse a copy of ...
San francisco — Every single day I was in San Francisco (almost 3 weeks), I rode my bike out to the ocean, or to the Golden Gate Bridge for sunset. My return trip always included a view of this bridge from some pier...
Hellerup — Family cooking books, gifts are wrapped, snowflakes cutted out of paper and dangling on invisible strings. Songs older then I am, happy and loud from every window. People smiling. The jolly season whe...
Edwin — A friend I recently met a man named Milton-Bradley Brent Koutecky who moved to Portage la Prairie two years ago from Thompson, Manitoba. Just from reading his name one will assume that he is not of Ab...
Edwin — Racism Growing up in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada I have always been aware that a majority of our population is in fact Indigenous. In a regular class room (in high school) about half of the c...
Edwin — Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School How convenient that my next topic be situated in walking distance minutes away from the Keeshkeemaquah statue? This school was in operation from 1891 until...
Edwin — Keeshkeemaquah statue on Long Plain First Nation On August 3, 1871 the Canadian Government on behalf of the British Crown entered into Treaty No. 1 with the Ojibway and Cree. The first post-confederat...
Edwin — Hunting has and remains a big part of the Prairie culture. Soon as hunting season is a go my Facebook and all social media is exploding with photos of people and their “trophies.” I myself do not.. le...
Brandon — Quote from Amnesty International “There can be no piecemeal solution to a tragedy of this scale.” – 2011 joint statement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations calling for action to stop viole...
Russell — The prophecy of the Seventh Generation is common to many first nations. According to the prophecy, after seven generations of living in close contact with the Europeans, the first nations would see th...
Russell — The Indigenous institutions of higher learning are being asked if they are willing to step forward and support this Treaty. The writers go to state what the benefits would be for the First Nations and...
Russell — The legend of the White Buffalo goes back about 2,000 years. The story is told at many council meetings, sacred ceremonies, and by storytellers. As with many stories and legends, there are several var...
Russell — The involvement by a few Indians was not an indication Plains Indians aimed to fight with the Metis (Northwest Rebellian, Canada), according to Stonechild. Most Indian leaders saw little in common bet...
Tokyo — They say the Japanese are inscrutable. Well, it’s only fitting then that from such a people would be born such a place as ROBOT RESTAURANT. I’m sure others have expounded on the why of ROBOT RESTAURA...
Altamonte springs — In Florida, even though we are far away from the snow, we like to get in the festive spirit. What better way to do that than fireworks and Christmas lights? Each year, Altamonte Springs has an event c...
Saskatoon — Shower at least an hour before leaving the house so all your nooks and crannies dry. Check the temperature and wind chill (today it’s a mere -35C after yesterday’s -40C) Lotion. Wait 20 minutes. Lotio...
New york — “‘Whereof we cannot speak,’ says the great philosopher Wittgenstein, ‘we must be silent.’ But it is also true that, whereof we cannot speak, we dream, or tell stories.” The late author Leonard Michae...
Kalaoa — We’d been walking along the sharp, brittle rock for a few minutes, filming toward the mountains and taking in a vast, black vista of the lava fields. It’d been a long day of shooting, as they all are...
Leeds — Ok, let me get this right out in the open from the start, I don’t want you thinking I’m trying to hide anything from you or am trying to be something I’m not, because I’m not. So, yes, I admit it, I’...
Tonbridge — As mentioned in my other moment from last night, I went to a concert in Tonbridge last night. My wife and I had gone, with a friend, to see Stuart Townend. “Who?” I can imagine most people answering...
Tonbridge — On Saturday evening I went to a concert at a place called The River Centre, right next to the River Medway in Tonbridge. In the foyer stood this water feature, which had water continuously running dow...
Hong kong — As every true village Upper Cheung Sha has it`s own shitty bridge. It is there to make all other infrastructure looks awesome: armored and numbered slopes, thorough drainage, concreted everything. Pe...
Aichelberg — I fall awake in the middle of the night to hear the sea. Your breathing confirms the presence of your body, but your mind is wandering where I cannot go. Soon I’ll be sleeping again, so I must take me...
Budapest — As a principle, I don’t photograph people without their permission, especially people in what I consider a vulnerable position; the elderly, children, the homeless, the needy. But for this man I made ...
Hāna — “I survived the road to Hana.” You can buy t-shirts emblazoned with those bragging rights, gaudy cotton testimony that you endured the long, winding road into the remote village of Hana and lived to ...
Honokaa — My film had screened in so many places by then, in cineplex theaters and living rooms and lecture halls and yet, stepping into the People’s Theater, it was suddenly very clear how appropriate it was t...
Russell — The story is how each member of the community is taught to respect one’s self, with each person needing only to look at yourself and the community for the answers. The journey referred to is one of ma...
The pas — The Seven Teachings The traditional concepts of respect and sharing that form the base of the Aboriginal way of life are built around the seven natural laws, or sacred teachings. Each teaching honours...
Hong kong — that giant drawn upside down is you, btw
Budapest — I am not a fan of the Opera but ‘La Traviata’ by Giuseppe Verdi I know well - it is one of my mom’s favorites and she would play it often when I was growing up - that’s why I chose to go to the Opera ...
Nazlet el-semman — Maxime is on a white horse, who shakes its head up and down, Sassetti on a small white horse, myself on a bay horse, Joseph on a donkey. We pass along the gardens of Soliman Pasha. Roda island. We cro...
Budapest — ‘Philanthia’, which in Greek means ‘love for flowers’, is quite an appropriate name for this flower shop on Váci utca 9. However, once you enter, it’s quite hard to spot the flowers amongst this craz...
Budapest — If you want to buy souvenirs for your friends and yourself, don’t wait until you get to the airport - unless it’s food that you don’t want to carry in your suitcase - because they are much more expens...
Budapest — Budapest’s Metro Line #2 (the red one) runs under the Danube river, so the descent to the platforms feels almost vertical…
Budapest — Art Nouveau apartment block (1903) designed by Emil Vidor.
Budapest — This is the Main Hall of the Europe Boat where “Lindy Shock”, one of the biggest Lindy Hop events in Europe, takes place. Chain Bridge outside the windows.
Budapest — Párizsi Nagyáruház opened in 1910 and was the first significant department store building in Budapest. Its facade towards Andrássy Avenue was built in Art Nouveau style. Today it functions as a bookst...
Budapest — stylish and pricey “founded on the northern side of Pest’s busiest square in 1858, Gerbeaud has been the most fashionable meeting place for the city’s elite since 1870” [Lonely Planet]
Budapest — I like how his left hand is suspended as if he’s playing the piano
Budapest — Loved this one. Choir and string orchestra were rehearsing Mozart’s ‘Requiem’. “Confutatis, maledictis…” Sounded majestic.
Budapest — ‘House of Terror’ - quite an amazing museum housed in what was initially the headquarters of the Hungarian Nazis in 1944 and then the headquarters of the communist terror organizations, the ÁVO and ÁV...
Budapest — Mai Manó Ház was built in 1894 as a photo studio and now houses the Hungarian House of Photography [Nagymezö utca 20 / entrance: 1500 Ft] I went to a very interesting exhibition that will last until ...
Budapest — Greece was occupied by the Turks for 400 years, yet the Turkish bath tradition never caught on, which is a pity, because there is something very spiritual, it seems to me, and deeply emotional about t...
Budapest — Christmas comes early, it seems, at this beautiful flower & gift shop on Váci utca 9. Then again, it’s probably always Christmas in here. Lovely Art Nouveau interior from 1906.
Waimanalo — You can go home again. To a place that looks nothing like the town you grew up in, that feels nothing like the safe hamlet of your youth. Until. You find yourself standing alone on a cold stretc...
Marshville — I honestly couldn’t remember the last time I had taken a vacation. Not a day trip, a weekend jaunt, not a sneer-worthy “staycation.” An actual vacation. A GTFO-fest where you fly middle fingers at ...
Cartago — Today may be exited just because of the the FIFA final draw for the next World Cup, talking about football. My country Costa Rica was placed in the same group with 3 world champions, I’m talking about...
Hong kong — But it is not okay to gaze in iPad on the beach. Usually it is time for kids and dogs to play with.
Seattle — New member, first post … where to go from here?
York — I have to admit to signing up to these sites before I’ve really understood what they are or why I’m bothering - and then complaining about all the junk e-mail I get that may or not be sent as a direct...
Brandon — Like many young youth in my area, I have visited the old Indian Residential School that was located on Grand Valley Road in Brandon, Manitoba. At the time I did not know all the atrocities and indecen...
Aireys inlet — The sky was in a dark mood and unwilling to provide this morning’s glorious spectacle, so the sea did her best by dazzling us with white.
Hartney — However, I do prepare it’s meat for my family and I to eat. Deer have very lean meat that is much better for your body than beef. My fussy little daughter will only eat deer meat! Although I’m not int...
The pas — Please check out the link below to read a very interesting article is on a reserve in Manitoba… Canada, home to the suicide capital of the world In Pikangikum, gas sniffing is rampant and young peo...
The pas — Alcohol on reserves… Another possible-alcohol related incident has happened on the Yellow Quill First Nation in Saskatchewan and 2 children died. The 1 and 3 year old sisters were discovered in only...
Saskatoon — because it is dry and cold outside because I boil pots of water in the morning so our skin and throats won’t crack because we breathe deeply at night because the Earth has tilted on her axis becau...
Sevenoaks — OK, so it’s not really rain! Our village Christmas Tree has these LED rope lights on it, and when trying to take some photographs last night I wobbled rather, but ended up feeling that this was actua...
Aireys inlet — I know the NSA records about five billion phone calls a day, and News Corp is almost as bad, but this is getting ridiculous!
Paris — “I love you” written in many languages on the wall. Many couples love to have their wedding photos taken here, especially those hosting a wedding at Paris. While I was there, an Asian couple was doing...
San francisco — Sometimes, the city finds ways of rewarding you for taking chances and changing up your route—I stumbled upon this beautiful collection of angles and lines, of past and present. All because I decided...
Wien — I always stumble with words. I have all these emotions and experiences I carry around and want to share, but have such respect for the written word that I keep failing to produce something worth shari...