Paris — Met a guy who knows a guy who is the chef at a fancy steak restaurant called Beef Club near the Louvre and we went downstairs to swig shots of rum from aluminum ramekins and take a tour of the meat lo...
Paris — Believe it or not, this sloppy mess of zucchini-and-garlic-fried-egg is an open-faced sandwich I’ve just made myself on a fresh baguette and am moments away from consuming. The stuff about making it:...
Tokyo — Love this. Saw it on the way home tonight walking down the alley near my house — the one I’ve walked down for over seven years. I looked up at the second floor of this apartment building and there t...
Paris — This was one of my favorite favorite favorite favorite books as a kid. Back then, I picked it out for the cover, having no idea who the author was, and only ever found my way back to it by memorizing ...
Oakland — Oliveto Cafe is a gem. It’s almost hidden, even though it’s on such a big prominent corner: overshadowed by Market Hall’s great bustling façades on both sides, and by big brother Oliveto (non-Cafe) ab...
Heredia province — It takes one day to know the entire living population of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. After that, you own the town. Every place you walk into, you know the person behind the bar and the people in the kit...
Tokyo — For as long as I’ve lived in Tokyo, I’ve been an East sider. The giveaway is how I center my map on Tokyo station, a traffic hub on the east edge of the Imperial Palace, which hasn’t been the most tra...
Austin — Because there usually is.
Tokyo — The stretch of Eitai-Dori between Monzen-nakachō and the Yaesu side of Tokyo station is cross-hatched with unassuming canals and side streets of various gauge. Like much of Tokyo, streetlights, midris...
Singapore — Gardens by the Bay is an integral part of a strategy by the Singapore government to transform Singapore from a “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden”. / Wikipedia
Singapore — Visitors to this newly built high rise must have a key card holder punch in their destination floor before getting on the elevator. There are no controls inside.
Singapore — The most luxurious public housing in SG. Property value has more than doubled since its opening.
Singapore — Amazing lunch at the Carlton - dim sum, crispy grilled chicken, sautéed vegetables and the loveliest aloe and lemongrass dessert.
Hong kong — Note to self: change location to Macau when Hitotoki gets editing.
Hong kong — That’s the most ancient sailing boat in the world, painting a majestic sight against the backdrop of HK’s skyscrapers. Around town, groups of skinny sailor boys that just joined the Russian navy were ...
Hong kong — Across the street was a line of people standing to enter Tiffany’s. It’s all about supply and demand, doncha know?
Hong kong — A gesture of thoughtfulness or a sign of corners being cut? It all depends on how you see the world.
Wellington — And there is no gale, or not to us. For us, this is a bit of a breeze.
Wellington — extending this
Wellington — Switched over to my laptop so I can participate too :-)
Wellington — The only instruction Sketch ever gives you is “Start typing”. I like the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words so I’ve already exceeded my 500 character limit.
Wellington — Long ‘texts’ chopped into tidbits tidbits combined into longer ‘texts’ (or photo essays or films, or whatever you can imagine) And lo the word was physical made digital and the digital word was print...
Wellington — On a sunny day, this tree shines brightly amongst the backdrop of the blue skies and ray of sunshine. A whole new atmosphere can be enjoyed by locals and visitors.
Wellington — The strange pyramids of civic square Wellington, peaking at the weird pole in the background.
Wellington — Washed up in Civic Square. Now waiting for a new owner for tethering. Previous tetherees may relate their experiences….or not as the case may be.
Wellington — I love this building. It now houses the Wellington City Gallery, but it started life as the Public Library. Stamped across the top are words of empowerment “Philosophy Religion Sociology Science”. It’...
Wellington — Patterns in carpet transformed by thousands of footsteps into something else.
Wellington — There is something honest about a sign printed on an A4 sheet and taped to a door. It tells us about the history of the place. Someone cared enough about this issue to create a notice and put it on a ...
Wellington — now I’m totally overthinking - totally becoming precious
Wellington — Although most commonly found on maps, the elusive X can also be found in the wild. If spotted, approach the X with stealth. They are skittish creatures - often dissolving into dust if surprised or ala...
Wellington — Someone with an eye for line found the perfect place to attach this sign, it’s almost like the sign was purpose made for this location…
Wellington — Walking around wellington.. its hard not to notice the koru. Its everywhere. In paintings, murals, hanging around peoples necks, on shirts, in their hair.. Pour the contents of your wallet and you wil...
Wellington — Shiner by the hour, from my window!
Wellington — The results of trying to be achingly profound (i.e. avoid the nikau ferns or sphere) while stumbling around a windy civic square on an under-caffeinated Monday morning. But probably only reinforcing t...
Wellington — There was a sculpture on Pitt St, Sydney, near Australia Square, that this reminds me of - although it is 3 times as big and chrome. I think it’s been removed to a junk yard tin Tempe.
Wellington — A prototype for use on the south coast of Wellington.
Wellington — The Nikau reminds us that we are a Pacific nation - though we are too far south to be called ‘tropical’ - at least for now…. I love pruning Nikau- their fronds are supported by thick but almost hol...
Wellington — The Plaza in the center of Wellington has this amazing silver fern ball strung over it! Theres also the Town Hall, the Concert theatre the Library and an Art Gallery surrounding it PLus a bridge over ...
Wellington — I had the Escher print of the hand and the pencil drawing itself. Escher, Bowie and film The Labyrinth will always be intertwined. If you look through each of the main arches, there is another arch i...
Wellington — Learning today that lots of pieces of imperfection, might create one piece of perfection. A moment in time, a memory, a photo, a smile captured. Later you can go back and turn it into something more...
Wellington — Just walking up the stairs at the wellington town hall. I noticed this rather resplendent coat of arms on the floor. Trodden by almost everyone who visits the town hall buildings.. Suprema a situ - s...
Wellington — Grey clouds, whistling wind and a group of strangers heading out to capture moments together. Spreading out to find a moment, a place in time where a connection can be made. It’s amazing the creativi...
Wellington — Layers of creativity in objects taken for granted. Represented in pixels. From the farmer selectively breeding their sheep for highest quality carpet wool. The design of the coat of arms to visually r...
Wellington — And now we’re walking outside
Wellington — Engaged enough to have made it to 10:30AM without coffee.
Wellington — level 2 in the Wellington Town Hall in Craig Mod’s workshop. learning all about self publishing etc.. webstock is, as usual, well set up and resourced with plenty of goodies, new bag! yay!
Wellington — Stiff breeze, stiff legs after long running. Yesterday’s long run, a regular Sunday event, was late. Twenty-two km after dinner; no recovery before bed, and waking sore and tired. So here we are, back...
Tokyo — Another day Another train Another plane
Sakura — Announcement at one hour on the tarmac of SFO — 5-10 min maintenance check, please hold. Announcement at one hour forty-five minutes — please disembark. Six hours later, we’re finally flying. 12 ho...