Friday Photo: All I want to do is travel
Sunrise, Angkor, Cambodia.
This week I found myself searching Kayak just to see how much tickets to Cambodia and Buenos Aires were. I know, those are two random destinations, but they have both been on my mind a lot lately. Unfortunately, buying a spontaneous ticket to go half-way across the world isn’t exactly in my cards right now, so instead exotic pictures that are reminders of what I have done (and hopefully will do) are going to have to suffice.
Green and travel friendly
Even though the dollar is low, some of us still like to travel. And even though many dollars turn into few euros, you still need a place to stash them. This travel-friendly wallet is made by New York-based Dynomighty Design and constructed with none other than a single sheet of Tyvek. It means the wallets are seamless, durable and, more importantly, made from 100% recyclable materials.
[Via Inhabit]
Speak IKEA?
The language podcast that I referred to a while back is finally up. Patrick Cox, a very friendly BBC journalist, chatted with me about Swedish, the language of IKEA and various other interesting tidbits about being bilingual. If you want to learn more about the language of IKEA you can check it out here.
Matador: so much better than facebook!
You may have noticed that this blog is really just a means of self-promotion… I’m ok with that. But with this post I am not only going to promote an article authored by yours truly, but also the fabulous site Matador Trips. It’s part of the Matador Network, which you may or may not have heard of. If you are a young twenty-something traveler and you don’t know about Matador, you should give yourself a slap on the wrist. If you are from a different crowd and don’t know about Matador, don’t feel bad, but check it out immediately.
Matador is one of those great places that makes people like me feel like they fit in. A social networking site for crazy people who give up career paths for endless global wandering. But even if you aren’t in the travel mode yourself, you can still take advantage of some of the great travel writing that comes from authors who are part of the Matador community.
Enough of the promotion… just check out my latest article on Dominica and then take some time to explore Matador. It’s well worth it.
Yelle’s in Portland
Why I have fallen for the latest craze of electro pop I’ll never know, but at least I have come to terms with admitting it. Yelle, a slightly wacky French girl who wears fabulous dresses in all of her videos, is playing tonight in Portland at Roturre. Bust out the best of your neon clothing and hightop sneakers and get ready for a night of electro pop a la francaise. Or click here to watch the video of A Cause des Garcons.
Late on Earth Day all I can think about is tea and Wend
It’s late and I’m on deadline, making me feel like I’m in college again. “The paper is due Thursday morning at 9” brings back memories which are pretty firmly linked to the library. Times have changed however, and I have traded the library and coffee breaks for a quiet room in a girl-filled house and a cup of Swedish Himlagott tea.
If you missed it, today was Earth Day. Over at Gadling we overdid ourselves with green related posts, myself included. In other cool, eco/outdoor related news, Wend Magazine recently went live with its virtual edition.
The outdoor magazine believes in good ideals like saving the planet, and allowing for online, paperless subscriptions is a good way of doing so. The current issue is free and can be downloaded in its entirety to be enjoyed later. So wherever you are in the world, there is no excuse to not take part in the wide world of Wend. Trust me, it’s a good magazine and well worth a look.
Creative inspiration for a month filled with other things
Why is it that time just seems to disappear? So many things going on all at the same time and not enough moments in the day to get them all done. Being in that mindset isn’t really conducive the creative inspiration. Taking time to breath and think is just as important as checking things off of the to do list. With that in mind, I am posting a link to my article on the Moleskine exhibit currently on in Paris.
I and a lot of other travelers, artists, writers and creative spirits have a special relationship with the small black journals that can serve as day planners, sketchbooks, scribble space or just a blank page to let thoughts wander. The Moleskine Detour exhibition currently on in Paris honors just that, and even if you– like myself — are nowhere near the city of lights, a visit to the exhibition’s website is well worth it. If nothing else, the many drawings and paintings that fill the pages of the journals on exhibition are a reminder of exactly why one should take more time to focus on the creative and less on stressing about the banal.
Read more about the exhibition here.
Friday Photo: La Route du Vin
The sun is back with a vengeance, and in honor of it, I thought a picture from last summer might be just the thing. These are vineyards just outside of Obernai, a touristy but quaint town near Strasbourg in Alsace, France, known for its white wines.
It’s April Fool’s!
It’s April 1st, meaning a whole lot of pranks and jokes. Over at Gadling we are enjoying ourselves by coming up with ridiculous made-up stories of international news. My own contribution to the April 1st festivities include In Response to National Bullying, Denmark Introduces Danish Fish as well as New French Bill Passed to Allow Super-models to Smoke in Public. If only the world was actually that funny.
Friday Photo: Sunny afternoon in Paris
This photo is so Parisian; only in the French capital would you see a dog seated quietly at a cafe table, almost as if it is waiting for its own cafe au lait.
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