New York Shutterbug |
What do you do when you're in New York City for a week and have to be out of the house by 8am and back after 8pm each day? You become a tourist. I became a New York City tourist for the first time whe...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:34:00 GMT |
New York Shutterbug II: Museumification |
ThursdayMoMAThing theory[Marcel Duchamp, In Advance of the Broken Arm, 1964 {1915}; Network of Stoppages, 1914; Bicycle Wheel, 1951 {1913}]Across the street is Terry Gilliam's BrazilUplift[Martin Pury...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:27:00 GMT |
Scenes from a Bar |
The night was May 11, and I joined Jorge, Tammy, Emily, Angela, and others on a wild bar-hopping trip around Barranco. Most of these photos were taken at Mochileros, a trendy bar housed in a quaint c...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:01:00 GMT |
Welcome Aboard |
My US summer started off promisingly with a trip to the beach. My friend Kristin invited me to join her roommate Jess, Jess's partner Sean, and a bunch of their ecology friends for a week-long stay a...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:54:00 GMT |
Welcome Back |
I left Lima with a heavy heart Monday night. Anyone there can tell you I wasn't ready to leave -- I thought of traveling more with my friend Emily, spending more time with my Peruvian friends, eating ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 02:03:00 GMT |
El Clásico de Lima |
On Sunday, May 6, my friend Alonso Cardeñas invited me to go with him to el clásico, the football derby match between cross-town rivals Alianza Lima and Universitario. I had had a long night of partyi...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 13:41:00 GMT |
4 Reasons Why I Didn't Take Any Pictures in Buenos Aires |
A few days ago I arrived by plane to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a week-long stay in the most "European" of South American countries. I had absolutely no plans in store prior to arrival, so this was ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 16:55:00 GMT |
A Room with a View |
For the past two months I've been lucky to be living in a beautiful, three-story apartment in Miraflores, Lima's tourist and commercial center on the coast. Located at 122 Ca. Buenos Aires, my buildin...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 01:16:00 GMT |
A Few Movies for the Backpacker to Enjoy |
This is a list I'm compiling for my friend and travel-partner, Tosca, to whom I promised to send a list of recommended movies for her to catch up on when she returns to the Netherlands in early May. R...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:55:00 GMT |
Dwelling in Colca Canyon |
Three weeks ago, I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to travel to Arequipa, Peru, a city in the mountains in the southern part of the country. I made the decision on a Monday afternoon and left ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:05:00 GMT |
