Photo Post: Summer in Chicago
In a Chicago summer, there's a real sense of abandoning the rigid rules of daily life. Such rules no longer apply. It's heady, fragrant, intoxicating.
View ArticleThat thing where…
That thing where ... you start to feel as though you're finally part of the fabric of the city. THAT.
View ArticleIntroducing our new short film —‘Neon San Francisco: SFO’
Here's the next installment in our 'Neon San Francisco' series called 'SFO'. It's three minutes and fourteen seconds of love for one of our favourite airports in the world.
View ArticleFinding My Balance
Becoming a yogini has made me much, much kinder to myself. And this, in turn, makes me kinder to others. It’s a welcome change.
View ArticleThe End of My Chicago Summer
Only a few weeks ago, we were diving off the pier and into the cool, clear waters of Lake Michigan. Impromptu weekday swims. Afternoons spent drying off in the warm breeze. But as autumn gains...
View ArticlePhoto Post: Chicago Blues
My sister asked me if I've spent an evening sipping red wine and listening to Blues here in Chicago. As yet, I have not managed that, but I did see the 'blues' a few weeks ago -- before the greyness...
View ArticleThe First Snow of the Season
Two days ago, we had the first snow of the season here in Chicago. Just as the forecast predicted, the temperature fell below zero, the wind picked up, and the rain started. And then I missed it.
View ArticleThree Things
Sometimes, life is not particularly interesting. And right now, life here is not terribly notable. And that's okay. But I'm doing what I need to get by and to chase my dreams. That has to count for...
View ArticleThoughts on the Holiday Season
It all made sense to me as a I walked home from Netball Olivia's impromptu Christmas get-together. I understood what these cold, snowy Northern Hemisphere holidays mean to me.
View ArticleDressing for Winter: 11 Things I’ve Learned About Living in the Cold
I had little idea how people lived in snowy climates before I came to Chicago. I was baffled and more than a little intimidated. But I'm still here. I'm surviving! Here's a brief wrap up of how I've...
View ArticleThe Polar Vortex 2014
Today is the coldest day I have ever experienced. And that is not a hyperbole.
View ArticleDoing Backflips in San Francisco
San Francisco is still a place that makes my heart do backflips. But there's much more to San Francisco than a bunch of buildings on a peninsular surrounded by water. There's a vibe, a magnetic field....
View ArticleGrey and Red
This was a cute little place I stumbled across on a walk around SF a few weeks ago. It's tucked up a little alleyway on Nob Hill, and looked so inviting with the red door, grey paint, white trim and...
View ArticleThoughts on Change and Evaluation
I am starting to view my life less as a series of planned adventures and more as a path, a journey with twists and turns and unexpected hiccups and fortuitous events. And even though I haven't changed...
View ArticlePoint Reyes Lighthouse
I followed in the footsteps of Sir Francis Drake who landed at Point Reyes in 1579, albeit in a 20-year-old Honda Accord instead of the 'Golden Hind'.
View ArticleA Flying Visit to Atlanta
I arrived safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta. Or Hotlanta, as the locals call it. I'd finally made it to the South, something I'd always wanted to do.
View ArticleOrange, NSW
Reliving an extended weekend in Orange, NSW, with great friends, good food, horse racing and visiting the Dish.
View ArticleAn Introduction to Plein Air Painting
On a whim, and with another reasonably significant birthday fast approaching, I asked myself what was it that I wanted. And the one thing I wanted more than anything else right now was to learn how to...
View ArticleA Christmas Tale
It was dark, eerily so, in the Docklands in London. Save for a woman sweeping up ahead, we felt like the only souls wandering the streets at this hour. As we approached her, she stopped sweeping and...
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