Category Archive: 1. Welcome to the City

Imagine your first 3 weeks – your fascinosum to the unknown, your outrage, your setbacks, your surprising walk-overs …
The perspective of the new generation – learned to read, bought a scooter, being mobile …
Challenging energy, information and health

Move Closer: An Intimate Philosophy of Art

Move Closer: An Intimate Philosophy of Art

Author: Mike Murawski http://artmuseumteaching.com/2012/03/18/move-closer-an-intimate-philosophy-of-art/   “When contemplating a work of art one of the key questions ought to be: `What is this to me?’ This is asked not …

 

An Open Letter to People in Coffee Shops in the Middle of the Day

An Open Letter to People in Coffee Shops in the Middle of the Day

Author:  Annie Stamell http://hellogiggles.com/an-open-letter-to-people-in-coffee-shops-in-the-middle-of-the-day   Dear People in Coffee Shops in the Middle of the Day,   Hi! I have a lot of questions about you! See, like you, I …

 

Dispatch | Gay Tel Aviv

Dispatch | Gay Tel Aviv

Author: Anthony Grant http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/dispatch-gay-tel-aviv/   That Tel Aviv, not a huge city but a high-octane one, has become the new gay mecca of the Mediterranean is something of …

 

What to do on a date during a Lodi Garden heritage walk

What to do on a date during a Lodi Garden heritage walk

Author: Neeraj Narayanan http://www.weareholidays.co.in/blog/what-to-do-on-a-date-during-a-lodi-garden-heritage-walk/   A few days earlier, I got an email notification from Couchsurfing.com about some people searching for a host in Delhi. Out of this, …

 

Disgust

Disgust

 

Maison Boulud – Beijing

Maison Boulud – Beijing

Author : Cathy Nhu http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/08/27/maison-boulud/   While in Kunming, I received this amazing offer from my brother via email: Hey. If you want to have dinner here in Beijing, keep …

 

The FarmPlate Young Farmers Series: Michael Meier From Brooklyn Grange Farm

The FarmPlate Young Farmers Series: Michael Meier From Brooklyn Grange Farm

http://www.farmplate.com/blog/farmplate-young-farmers-series-michael-meier-brooklyn-grange-farm   Tell us a bit about your farm and how you got into farming: I’m Farm Manager this season at Brooklyn Grange, a multi-acre practicing-organic soil-based rooftop …

 

How to Survive Oktoberfest

How to Survive Oktoberfest

Author : Nomadic Matt  http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blog/   “How many days are you at the Wiesn (Oktoberfest) for?” asked the German girl wearing her Bavarian dirndl across the table from …

 

Eat with Your Hands for a Sensuous, Intimate, Mindful Meal

Eat with Your Hands for a Sensuous, Intimate, Mindful Meal

Author : Anna Mindess http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/02/22/eat-with-your-hands-for-a-sensuous-intimate-mindful-meal/    Cultural misunderstandings always grab my attention—especially when food is involved. While North Americans and Northern Europeans deem that transferring edibles to the …

 

Altan Şekerleme, a sweet sweet Bayram

Altan Şekerleme, a sweet sweet Bayram

Author: Tuba Şatana   What is a Bayram without candies! My granny used to buy chocolates filled with mint, cherries and sorts, my memory seems to fade… …