My friend, Gus, is kindly babysitting my succulent and 7 succulent puppies in Sydney. Doesn’t he (Rodrigo) look great?! Thanks Gus! Oh, and in case you are concerned with gender, Rod was thus named prior to his blooming…and I feel that he is comfortable with his feminine side.

Asks my flatmate (roommate for the Americans)
…impersonal? why bother?
*disclaimer by flatmate: it is the act, not the person
NB: I see blogging as an AND in terms of an additional communication medium, not by any means a replacement

I have taken this question from a comment made by Yoav on a previous post:
"…everybody takes many things for granted in everyday life without questioning it. At some point in our lifetime… often during school… we are told certain facts, and in many cases, we accept these facts without knowing all the reasons behind them. [...]

My Aunty has been calling me ‘Lady Chatterly’, on occasion, for years. Though I admit it has less to do with my elements of style than my communication abilities. Still, it came as a nice surprise this morning to hear some sound advice from the real Lady Chatterly*:
“It is seldom advisable to tell all.”
 “Be wild of [...]

There is a REALLY large room in London’s Tate Modern - Turbine Hall. It is 500ft long and 115ft high. (152m x 35m). Currently it is filled with 14,000 white polythene boxes as part of sculptor Rachel Whiteread’s installation.
It got me thinking. The two clear questions that rose for me are below. Am particularly interested in your thoughts [...]

My screen saver says T.T.T - I had completely tuned out to it, having seen it multiple times daily for the last 7 months. But now I have new (and great) flatmates and one asked:
"What is T.T.T?"
I will share with you what I shared with him:
"T.T.TPut up in a placewhere it’s easy to seethe [...]

Too brilliant not to blog and share with the world!
 
Thanks Dave et al at Viva La Mobile

Welcome a new addition to this blog: the catagory "cafe anyone?"

Have been meaning to post about cafes and (hunt for) great - actually even passable - coffee  in NY but found myself adding the catagory now, from Toronto.  Enjoy the following post!
Thanks to Ariel Rubinstein for the image!

It is always a treat to find a great cafe. All the more when you are wandering through a new (and potentially not the most interesting -) city.
Enter two fabulous cafes in Toronto:

1. Moonbeam Cafe Company - found while wandering to Kensington Market with new friend Yoav, en route to meet friend Steph and (my) new [...]

"Some make it happen;
Some watch it happen;
And some say, ‘What happened?’"
- Anonymous
Found while browsing stores with friend Steph  in Toronto last night - after getting my work visa for NY.
LOVE IT!