Interview with artist Lisa Congdon
Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing San Francisco artist Lisa Congdon. Self-taught, Congdon does a variety of intriguing work, my favorite being her India ink drawings. Check out more of her work and the complete interview over at Art Culture.
Friday Photo: Indian Beach, Oregon
I decided it was time for a little weekly photo inspiration. This one was taken a few weekends ago at Indian Beach, just north of Cannon Beach in Oregon.
French electronica: Justice
As I turned on NPR this weekend, a musician with a hard to go unnoticed French accent was speaking about his music and playing in the United States. I waited to hear who it was, and at the end of the interview I was rather surprised to find out that it was one of the guys from Justice. If you don’t know about Justice, it’s a French electronica duo made up of Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay. They wear skinny jeans and are producing some of today’s most popular electronic music. So popular that they make it onto NPR’s Weekend Edition. You can listen to the whole interview, complete with pretty attractive French accents, here. Then be sure to watch their famous video of D.A.N.C.E. with cool t-shirt designs, and you too will be a Justice convert.
Spectacular monasteries
Make your way over to Been Seen for my article on impressive monasteries, complete with pictures that make me want to buy plane tickets immediately.
Glass igloos
Although I am happy that winter is behind us, I still have a tendency to dream about traveling to really cold places; Lapland for example. In Finland, you can stay in glass igloos, which in my opinion looks pretty great. Read more about them in my article at Been Seen.
Knitting and traveling
Finally, the two of my favorite things together. Read exactly why knitting is a great travel activity on my Gadling post here.
The Earth Expedition: Walking around the world in 7 years
I just got off the phone with Daren Wendell. “Who is Daren?” you may ask.
Daren is a guy who tomorrow morning at 10:30am eastern time is taking off on a 7 year hike around the world. He is embarking on The Earth Expedition which will take him across 3 continents, through 14 different countries and 11 different languages.
“Why???” tends to be the response to such a feat. He’s promoting awareness for Blood:Water Mission an organization committed to providing clean water and clean blood to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa.
You can follow Daren and The Earth Expedition by way of live GPS tracker, available on the website. And if you are anywhere close to his route, you can join in on the expedition for a few days. He’s a cool guy and what he is doing is pretty impressive, I give him a “hats off” and happy travels.
Thought for the day
“If we are not going to focus on crucial issues that underlie our lives now, then when?”
Quoted from the Heron Dance Art Studio brochure.
LA Times Travel Blog
I made it onto the LA Times travel blog today with my article on cargo ship travel over at the Traveler’s Notebook. Sweet!
Hitotoki: Quick travel snippets from around the globe
Travel experiences translate well into words. But sometimes we don’t want to invest in a whole travel essay; we just want a snippet. This is where Hitotoki comes in. The online literary magazine is a collection of stories of singular experiences linked to cities worldwide.
Hitotoki, which means “little moments” in Japanese, pulls together short narratives which give us a quick glimpse into travel experiences — be they about love, confusion, absurdity, routine or sadness — had in Tokyo New York, London, and DC. A Parisian version is to be launched soon.
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