January 2011
38 posts
Un week-end ♥ Bruxelles
Arrived in Bruxelles on the lap of luxury… that is, in the civilized care of Jet Airways. Greeted by my beau with a hot Starbucks. (Nothing says Europe quite like an “americano-to-go.”)
Chasing the sun en route to the gardens at the Musee de Cinquantenaire.
A brisk walk down Rue de la Loi took us directly the Royal Palace… and the Bibliotheque Belgique.
Finally,...
Robert Mapplethorpe
Via Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
What should food look like? →
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Hardcore Parkour
Exploring Brussels…
See the city from above in the Elevator to the Sky
Place Poelart ▲ Centre
Get the birds eye view of Brussels from the top of this huge elevator. It operates, for free, daily, until minuit. Views include La Basilique, L’Atomium and Le Palais de Justice.
Wake up early to check out the Gare du Midi Market
Near La Gare du Midi ▲ South ▲ Sunday 6h00 - 14h00
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La grande cendre
This installation of a giant, ashing cigarette was created by Yang Yongliang. The ash is made of cut photographs, assembled in a collage.
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Quoi faire?
For a weekend in Paris…
Prendre un verre au Restaurant Le Ciel de Paris
55ième étage de la Tour Montparnasse ▲ 33 avenue de Maine 75015
Overlook the entire city while enjoying a cafe late in the restaurant or sipping on a Gin Fizz in Le Bar Américain. Montparnasse was the heart of Paris’ gritty, artistic crowd during Les Années Folles (1910-1940).
Faire une promenade avec Henry...
Marvellous and Morbid
Les Catacombes de Paris
Quarry tunnels have existed on the outskirts of Paris since Roman times. The limestone in these quarries built Paris as we know it today, and eventually, helped the city expand to the point where the quarries were directly underneath the busy metropolis. Some 200 miles of labyrinthine tunnels are believed to exist.
Despite the vast length of the tunneled,...
What's going on tonight in...
London (UK)
N I G H T W O R K ▲
R O B E R T M A P P L E T H O R P E
Night Work, curated by the Scissor Sisters, is showing at the Alison Jacques gallery. The exhibit includes both original Mapplethorpe Polaroids and works by other artists inspired by his gripping photography. Mapplethorpe and his work have catapulted back into the lime light since the publication of Patti Smith’s...
What's going on tonight in...
LONDON (Ontario)
M A R G A R E T A T W O O D
Atwood will speak to a large audience at University of Western Ontario on the importance of the arts. A renowned scholar and literary critic, as well as fiction writer, Atwood is one of Canada’s greatest talents. Her most famous novels include Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, The Handmaid’s Tale and (one of my recent...
Mass rape in DR Congo →
BBC covers the story of a mass rape in a village in DR Congo on New Years Day.
“Life is a hideous thing, and from the background behind what we know of it peer...”
– H.P. Lovecraft, “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” (via digitalpidgin)
I ♥ HYPE
Now you can follow my moves on the Hype Machine… See the new link on the left side bar.
XOXO
The Little House →
A little, tiny house… in Toronto.
Righteous Dopefiend →
The monkey on their backs…
Two academics from UC Berkeley immerse themselves for a two year ethnographic study of homeless heroin users in San Francisco and speak to Against the Grain radio about their recent book Righteous Dopefiend.
An insight into the moral economy of addicts…
"I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."
The Afterlife of David Foster Wallace
When David Foster Wallace committed suicide, on September 12, 2008, at the age of 46, he put an abrupt and shocking end to what was already one of the most distinctive writing lives in contemporary America. Fans who knew his work tended to be passionate about it. If you weren’t drawn to his epic, ironic, lonely-in-the-crowd, cri-de-coeur of a...