July 2010
8 posts
What I wish I could pack in my suitcase...
The London Underground [The Tube]. Before I start raving about the efficiency and the hidden beauty of this transportation system, I would just like to say that it has to be pretty amazing if I am willing to pack something that is smelly, unbearably hot in the summertime, unreliable, crowded, and full of slow walkers when you are in a hurry.
But once you get past all of these things and the...
Where's Banksy?
I have one week left in London to see this street artist’s work. Maybe this post will bring good luck…
“I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a girl’s face on some billboard, sometimes that means sweating for days over an intricate drawing. Efficiency is key.” -Banksy
For me, the most moving part about his work...
Obsess.Crave.Want.Worship.Fixate
Finally.. displays that come clean about what they are trying to accomplish.
Selfridges & Co. Oxford Street
neon lights and floral quilts
My new love… works by British artist Tracey Emin.
Neon installations in ‘Borrowed Light’—
“You put your hand across my mouth but still the noise continues every part of my body is screaming smashed into a thousand million pieces each part for ever belonging to you.”
Hate and Power Can be a Terrible Thing, 2004
To Meet My Past,...
this is why i love food.
Borough Market: (n.) 1. heaven for anyone with tastebuds
London is whatever you want it to be.
“It is one of the greatest places on earth. It stands on the Prime Meridian and draws in the best from East and West. It sits at the centre of Time and the world sets it watch by London’s Big Ben.
London is built on commerce and trades with the world. It gave the world modern banking, the stock exchange and insurance and it remains the world’s financial hub....
