As my time here comes to an end, I am preparing myself for the lengthy and horrific grieving process that shall begin upon my exeunt. Ill miss a frugal movie night with friends, where 1.50 can by you a bag of potato chips comparative to...
One of the best aspects of moving to a new city, and knowing that you will be there for a time, is developing relationships of all kinds, social, intellectual, environmental and of course emotional. All those things that make for a well rounded experience and...
American politics are one of the best spectacles in the world. It is intriguing to live in a place that is, comparative to my home country, so vocally political. I live next to a bar that screens every presidential debate on a big screen, allowing...
Santa Fe is a fantastic nook in the belt in the land of the free. The first interaction with Santa Fe'e'ins (?) was walking in to what i assumed was a corner store to ask for directions to a particular dive bar. I was met with...
Getting about a city on two wheels is by far the grandest way to exist. Peddlin about me home town, that sees mild gradients at best, I was warned of the impracticality such a mode of transport would present when in transit about this famously...
Studying film and television in my native Australia these past few years has been a treat, but it is not without its limitations. Our sunburnt country, whilst vast and diverse is still at the mercy, in this modern world, of relative isolation. Coupled with our...
Through a series of slippery slopes, scantily clad street jogging and carnivorous disposition, I found in my lap, the gleaming offer to go back to where it all began, the Independant on Divis, to fill my ear things with a new passion. Twas several years...
I've been blessed to count a heady mix of expats as my friends since clambering about Frisco yum yum. Among the hip swingin, beer sippin, accent mockin cultural exchange that is, there is also a comfort in our collective exposure to American culture. What we givin...
"Wanna come to a timeshare in Lake Tahoe?" Barring renal failure, a tryst with an opera singer or a one off rave headlined by Darude at the Palace of the Arts, there is only one way to answer that question. Packing light (in volume and fabric thickness)...
Should my blog find keen readers, whom find themselves famished for my prose betwixt my installments, you may know be aware I had the good grace of snagging a ripper abode not a hop, skip and a jump from the magicLand of Dolores Park. My...