Mid-week vacations are a rare bird. Caitlin drove down from Portland and stopped over for an Oakland hangout when we decided on a whim to rendezvous in LA for some Palm Springs desert action. We called up our old friend Ursula to see if she and beau, Maxwell, could tag along and BLAMMO a...
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if i had to choose a theme for our entire trip up to oregon, it would have to be “all grown up” (***commence shimmering sparkles and tears***). it was the first time nico and i had been back together since we met there five years ago…woah. FIVE YEARS! we were just KIDS when we...
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for some bizarre reason our calendar always fills up in solid blocks, giving us social famines one week and in the case of this weekend, a total social feast overload. we were invited over for dinner at various friends’ homes on thursday, friday, saturday, AND sunday! just wanted to offer a big thanks to...
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on friday i threw a pizza party potluck for my birthday! i decorated the house with construction paper slices and pies (no two were the same!) and spent the day prepping the dough and toppings for the pizzas. i served up my stash of lou malnati’s deep dish pizzas, which i imported frozen in...
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don’t miss this article on caitlin and the crew’s floating art space, the LABRADOR PROJECT, up in portland! do it!!!
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between my last big trip and the impending southwest roadtrip (leaving tomorrow morning! woah!!!) i spent a few weeks here in san francisco getting back to work, packing my stuff, looking for a new place to live. and as always, nourishing myself (more often than not to the brink of excess) on the incredible...
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mr. colin hughes is probably the most active, driven, and motivated person i’ve ever met. he’s a man on the move, taking globetrotting to a level that i never even knew was possible- in fact, maybe “globeriding” is a better descriptive word for him. it definitely invokes an appropriate visual of him pedaling through...
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our CELEBRATION ROOM #5 was installed in a park in the middle of athens’ exarchia district, home to students, artists, and radicals. the whole neighborhood went up in smoke during the december 2008 riots, prompting a massive national and international response to the police shooting of a 15-year-old kid. two years ago the community...
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No city I’ve ever been to has had the same anarchic energy that I experienced in Athens. It’s a free-for-all. Chaos. It’s completely unorganized, crumbling, polluted, hell—hot, crowded, vandalized, teeming with empty lots, rubble and ruins, both ancient and modern. It’s crawling with stray animals, junkies, illegals, and whores. The entire place feels like...
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how could i forget one of the main reasons i went to europe– chris & ramu’s wedding! married at starnberger see outside of munich on june 6th, a magical fairy tale wedding on the lake with absolutely perfect weather! we spent the whole day celebrating with games, tons of food, drinks, DANCING and a...
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