“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” — Dorothea Lange I’ll be honest with you…I’m a little jealous right now. As we speak, the second Travel Bloggers Unite conference is getting underway in Innsbruck, Austria, and from what I can tell from tweets and photos already pouring in, Innsbruck … Read More
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” — Anaïs Nin I watched The Prince and Me the other night. Not because I’m the biggest fan of chick flicks (although I’ll never say no to a good Hugh Grant rom-com) but, … Read More
“It is ordinary people’s lives who have been harmed by these events; the independent shopkeepers who have had their premises looted…We stand beside them with a clear message that our community will not stand for this.” — Chuka Umunna MP I grew up on the East Coast of the States–a region notorious for its hurricane … Read More
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” — Gandhi London is a big place…and it’s home to us all. I feel blessed to have called London home twice in my life now…but I’m not the only one. My friend Amanda, another American transplant from Virginia/Texas/Seattle. My friends Justin and Chris, both fellow … Read More
“Graffiti ultimately wins out over proper art because it becomes part of your city, it’ s a tool; “I’ll meet you in that pub, you know, the one opposite that wall with a picture of a monkey holding a chainsaw”. I mean, how much more useful can a painting be than that?” — Banksy Confession: … Read More
“The best form of preparation is to have no preparation.” — Buddy, illustrious host of the Festival of Slow What do you get with 170(ish) tiny hatchback cars, 50 or so second-hand ambulances, a handful of firetrucks (all sirens still definitely in working order), and approximately 700 people crazy enough to think they can drive … Read More
“Origami appealed to the same aesthetic which created the tea ceremony, which one scholar has described as “essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life…” — Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea So there’s a bit of backstory I … Read More
“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” — Robert Louis Stevenson It’s amazing where one hour can get you out of London. … Read More