December 2007
30 posts
making Harira soup, a moroccan staple very common during Ramadan.
it’ll be ready around midnight, please feel free to drop in if you’re hungry.
Nikola Tesla perceived of the Earth as a conductor of acoustic resonance.
in the words of the beeb, BBC, Christians (mostly practicing underground because of persecution) will soon outnumber Communists in China.
in other news, the IKEA catalogue now commands greater clientele (read: mindshare) than the bible.
preparing truffles.
shovelling snow.
in ottawa.
got buddha machine.
missed train. headed home tonight.
going to have to learn to play the Ukulele now.
Flying out tomorrow. Packing loads of Alpaca tonight. in Toronto in 24 hours.
new words up on 77percent,com →
(please click to) give it a read, if you´re bored.
[writings from that adventurous weekend in the Salar de Uyuni and Potosi] and styled to suit.
(by the way, I´m in Toronto wednesday the 19th)
and Ottawa the night of the 20th.
Phantom Shanghai (narrated slideshow preview of a... →
the collision of old and decaying colonial Shanghai with the new glass-and-steel city rising from its ruins. via spacing
The 36 Exposures Contest by FILE and Coudal →
this could be the best thing possible for photographers looking to upgrade or return to the challenging albeit rewarding realm of analog film after feeling spoilt by digital for too long. like myself. just for the record, I think digital has a lot of advantages, especially it´s iterative nature making it ideal for expediating the evolution of your craft.
I only have another 40km on asphault left of a remaining 4 hours. en route to Sorata. Did I mention we’re on an adventure back into Las Yungas …
plotting for an excursion splunking around Sorata. (back into las Yungas)
at a futbol match in Bolivia,
sitting next to the sports writers and photo journalists. Very Excited.
Guards in riot gear escort the ref during the mediotiempo; I´m packing hefty alpaca and a portable radio; This certainly /was/ on The List.
la paz wins,
(this is a first this season).
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p> Viva el futbol en la altura.
November 2007
51 posts
3 tags
Underground ‘terrorists’ with a mission to save... →
There’s an underground group in Paris called les UX dedicated to improving and utilizing hidden parts of the city, not unlike other urban explorers, but they go much further. Its “restoration unit” is called the Untergunther, and they have, among other things, made an underground cinema and restaurant, and they snuck in and out of the Pantheon in Paris for a year, where they set...
“In a city where few residents believe official statements on declining violence,...”
– Signs of peace in Baghdad: Cabbies can again drive without fear of death.
the Washington Post
“remember when the hardware store was run by an old cranky guy who stood at the...”
– Garrison Keillor in salon