April 2011
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Apr 29th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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“So that what we are really doing when we walk through the city is thinking, and...”
– Paul Auster, “The Invention of Solitude,” New York Sun, 1982
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Army & Navy Shoe Sale Strategies  →
Wednesday, April 27th, 8AM, all Vancouver Army & Navy stores go on sale! Georgia Straight has kindly compiled some tips…
Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Symmetry, a video by RadioLab www.everynone.com
Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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“Full moon over the shopping mall- in a display window’s silent light the...”
– Spring Fashion by Allen Ginsberg, Boulder, 1979
Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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A Lesson in Tumblr Etiquette
Upon discovering that one of my pictures was re-posted by a follower, unidentified, I have decided to offer a complimentary lesson in blogging etiquette.  When stumbling upon a photograph (or song, poem, etc), here are some ways in which to flatter the creator: Like by clicking on the heart in the top right corner of the post. Reply, expressing how much you enjoy the entry.  Reblog if you feel...
Apr 18th
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Apr 17th
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Eggs & Co
…is the best brunch in Paris. http://www.eggsandco.fr/
Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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Apr 8th
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Number 9!
Coutume and Frog Fight are two relatively significant features in my Paris life. Frog Fight is an espresso party, held monthly at various locations around Paris. It is also responsible for the majority of my English-speaking friendships. Coutume is a gorgeous café and roastery that just opened up in the 7th arrondissement. I barista there. Until now, I have abstained from writing about either...
Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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Love, love, love We Are The City’s latest album, High School.
Apr 6th
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Fresco : Days 2 & 3
More smoothing and tapping and smoothing. After preparing the fresco surface, I got to mix paint. The white, however, was an entirely unique process from other pigments. It is made from lime that has been immersed in water, dried out, and then re-immersed. White takes a minimum of 6 months to prepare, but I only had to do the final 20 minutes - grinding the lime into a paste and diluting it to...
Apr 6th
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Fresco : Day 1
Today I woke up and decided to learn fresco. Luckily for me, the fresco instructor at Beaux Arts is the kindest, most obliging French man I have yet to meet. I showed him my work, shared my concept for a project, and we got started!  Every fresco in the atelier begins with the smashing of another fresco. Destroying the old to make room for the new. Philippe was kind enough to let me smash the...
Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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Apr 3rd
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“The dreamers dream from the neck up, their bodies securely strapped to the...”
– an excerpt from Henry Miller’s novel, Black Spring, published in 1936. 
Apr 3rd
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