With all the freezing London weather lately I am constantly on the look out for people who’ve achieved the balance between stylish and warm. In the weekend I saw a girl wearing this veiled bobb...
The last week in three words was busy, nerdy and cold. It even snowed again on Thursday evening. So I haven’t left the house too much, except to cycle to work. Here are some photos from t...
Every winter my body seems to go crazy – trying to hoard ALL of the sugary carbs. So this year I have made a concerted effort to eat more vegetables. This chickpeas, spinach, cauliflower, and c...
A magical video. You have to take the dive. {via Royal Quiet Deluxe}
Last night was one of the most memorable nights of my life. Reasons include: 1. Being asked to work on an interior design project for a bar. 2. Seeing Stephen Fry in said bar. 3. Annnnnd SNOW! Indulg...
This song has haunted me for months – there’s been much googling of “Say that you want me,” to no avail. It definitely brings back some memories, like driving for hours with m...
Some snaps from last weekend – celebrating Chinese New Year in London. The best pasts were easting dim sum in Camden on Saturday (spicy cucumber; I could eat that forever), then heading to Chin...
I can’t wait till Spring, when the dirt will thaw and we can plant things in a our postage stamp of a garden. In the meantime, I feel like I need to surround myself with more living things insi...
This clip of an ant megalopolis blows my mind. An ant colony was pumped full of concrete* for three days, left to set, then excavated. It turns out ants are prolific and thoughtful architects, creati...
Isson is an Australian sunglass brand, founded by Catherine Federici. I first read about Isson in DumboFeather, and have always admired their avant-garde styles. Recently, when doing some picture re...
“Negativity is the enemy to creativity. So if you want more ideas flowing, happiness in the doing, happiness in the doing, happiness in the doing. I love, capital L-O-V-E, building a thing that...
I scored these two very shiny and pretty cookbooks for a fiver at Oxfam Dalston: Heston’s Fantastical Feasts by Heston Blumenthal, and Creole by Babette de Rozières. I bought the Blumenthal boo...
Poor Lana is having a bit of a worrisome time with the press at the moment, especially after her lackluster SNL performance. (LDR, nervous or not, please stop touching your hair!) But doesn’t s...
I’ve lived in London for nearly 6 months now. It’s starting to feel ‘real’. Some things I have learned: 1. Local natives are rare. I seem to be hanging out with a lot of Frenc...
I am on a real foodie kick at the moment! I just – belatedly – finished the last few pages of Gabrielle Hamilton’s Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Re...
Last weekend Thom and I headed to Maltby Street in SE1. Tucked away from the tourists of Borough, and far from the puppy mêlée at Broadway Market, it has a reputation as a place to make a food pilgri...
I got sent the link to this in an email entitled “4 Guys, 1 Girl and a Guitar” – and I must admit I was a little scared to click through. But I was well rewarded for my bravery: Som...
Steve’s Sydney apartment has it all. Twin chestnut chesterfields, a sun-room peppered with hanging plants, and an appropriately seedy King’s Cross sign. In particular the stacked and stra...
The High Street, Oxford, England, 1890s. I really like this hand-coloured photograph – and judging by recent visits the ‘cityscape’ has not changed much in 120 years.
Karangahape Road, Auckland, in 1910. Rendell’s Fashion House, George Court and Sons, Jas Clarkson, the British Photographic Studio and The Frisco Candy Kitchen. There is a car on the road as we...
“The most powerful, eloquent moments on screen require no verbal description to create them, no dialogue to act them. They are image, pure and silent.” - Story: Substance, Structure, Style and t...
Behold owls, coffee and letterpress, together at last in a wonderful example of packaging design: Metrio Coffee. The Metrio Coffee identity was first inspired by the classical vintage themes of ancie...
In 1977, photographer Robin Morrison produced a calendar featuring the local faces and businesses of Ponsonby, Auckland. Some have disappeared over the years, while others, like Bhana Brothers are st...
Starting the year off right with new inputs and fresh thinking. Jan 1. A rainstorm on the Thames, a trip to the Tate Modern, spellbound by Tacita Dean’s film work. Jan 2. The sun came out, stre...
It’s been a big year and my camera(s) have taken a thrashing. New jobs, festival season, tonsils removed, first ice hockey game, adventures in Europe, a new city… Some have commented that...
Zooey Deschanel plays a sweet rendition “What Are You Doing New Years Eve?” on ukulele, accompanied by Joseph Gordon-Levitt on guitar. Ukuleles are enchanting. Maybe I should learn to pla...
This Christmas I was feeling rather lonely and discombobulated, without my favourite people. It’s all a bit strange to me, you see, the cold weather, the piping hot fruit mince pies, the grey skies a...
turophile, n. 1. a connoisseur of cheese, a cheese fancier I just learned a new word, and I’m sure it’s one that will come in handy this Christmas. “Oi, turophile! Get your hands of...
While we’re waiting to move into our new flat, Thom and I have a sublet in Hackney. (Or Crackney, as I’d heard it called before I came to the UK, but I have only seen evidence of that onc...
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