“Why do I travel? It’s not the flying I mind- I will always be awed by the physics that get a fat metal bird into the upper troposphere. The rest of the journey, however, can feel like a tedious lesson in the ills of modernity, from the predawn x-ray screening to the sad [...]

I’m thinking of renting a car, finding a driver-friend, and going away on a snowy adventure somewhere near nature.
In the meantime, these encounters with trees will have to do:

(I can’t stop listening to this song, it’s so cheery and the video so perfect for fantasizing about the summer.)

(sent a picture of my FCL-inspired doodle-card [...]

Back to Copenhagen. Back to biting off more than I can chew.

I was surprisingly successful at stuffing everything of vague importance into my carry-on, aka my new kick-ass weekender bag I thought no one would believe to be ’small’ enough for today’s restrictive travel standards. My brother’s Christmas book remains misplaced, however I did manage to spend the  morning at a water spa and eat the [...]

Highlights from yesterday:  90 minutes of hot yoga; a pleasant coffee-flavored run-in at my usual cafe; City of Craft on Dovercourt with Roomie Extraordinaire, saying hello to the books and doing some last-minute shopping; almost getting locked in at CSI; dinner at Fresh; Patrick Watson with Jana; sushi (yes, two dinners!) with darling Sarah… and [...]

(Johnny Cash, you  were right all along!)
This has been a tough week, one which still gives no signs of wanting to slow down. The bed is perennially unmade, the fridge embarrassingly empty, the dishes rigorously unwashed and the laundry still in a giant pile looking for its fair share of soapy love. But I’ve got [...]

I am leaving for six days. I am going to a magical place.
My goal for the next six days is to:
- Leave Internet, iPod, cell phone and computer at home;
- Read at least 3 books and some old issues of Internazionale;
- Do a lot of writing;
- Take a break from school & work  (it would [...]