Gaia Passerelli was in my class at Book Passage this year; I’m happy to share her write up of her neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil. Vila Madalena has changed a lot. The place where I grew up is now São Paulo’s bohemian centre. “One of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world” according to National Geographic …
I love this work by photographer Freddy Fabris. He replicated Renaissance paintings in an auto shop in the Midwest. Forgive the Bored Panda link, it’s is the easiest place to view the photos because the photographer’s site is kinda tricky to use. Never mind — the work is gorgeous and funny and hey, never underestimate the value …
For Halloween I’m going as… A person who is hiding in the house with all the lights off because she has eaten all the Halloween candy the week before. A sexy costume rack full of sexy costumes. Someone with very poor retirement planning. A grown woman who doesn’t know how to act or dress her …
Whoa. Via TravelWild, those people who sent me to Antarctica (What? Did that really happen?), there’s a new series of photos from the Shackleton expedition. Whoa. § I’m not even going to excerpt this piece because I want you to go read the whole thing right now. Marika Malaea is possibly the most under-appreciated writer …
I went to see the King, or what’s left of him, and music played in my head the whole time.