I have a long-standing habit of documenting street art; it started when I lived in Seattle and has stuck with me ever since. When I travel, I try to keep an eye out for graffiti and other public art (see the entry from Iceland here). I didn’t find as much in Seoul, but what I
And now on to the more touristy stuff from my trip to Seoul. I did a whole lot of walking on this trip. Like, a WHOLE LOT. I wore through one pair of shoes. Luckily I love walking, so I’m ok with this shoe loss ratio. Seoul is a giant city, with a million things
One of the benefits of having smart, capable, adventurous people in your life is that they move all over the place to do cool things, and going to visit them gives you a good excuse to travel. It’s taken me waaaaay too long to sort through these pictures (thanks, grad school), but in March I
A couple of weeks ago I went to Iowa City for the annual meeting of the Society of Economic Anthropology. I decided to take a bus because a) it was waaaay cheaper than a plane ticket and b) it gave me a reason to do nothing for long periods of time. Last time I took
Advance warning: If you don’t want to see gory medical stuff or pictures of my topless boobless body, you should probably stop reading. Also advance apologies for how long this is – lots of introspective ramblings here. Today marks exactly one year since my double mastectomy. For those who are just tuning in, I was
Iceland is incredibly literate, educated, and has more artists per capita than almost any other country in the world. Many of those artists like to paint stuff on buildings. The country is full of great street art, and I have a quasi-habit of documenting street art wherever I go. So, without further ado, a roundup
After several days in Akureyri, we traveled back down to Reykjavik for the remainder of our trip. The snow from our drive up was replaced with very heavy rain and insane winds – our Yaris was blowing all over the place. We also encountered the cutest possible road block at one point: a large group
I went to Iceland a couple weeks ago over Thanksgiving break. I was there in the summer of 2013, but have wanted to go back to see what it’s like in the winter. Icelandair had a ridiculous off-season airfare deal, so I convinced some friends to venture into the frozen north with me. We picked
Thanks to an offer of free lodging and a hot-tub, I recently spent some time hanging around Vail, just like a real live Colorado mountain bum. It was peak leaf-peeping season, an event I’ve never understood before. But I get it now! It’s amazing to see how much the trees change over the course of a
I haven’t written a post since August?! Oops. When I started this blog, I planned to post at least once a month. Clearly I’m good at making and sticking to goals. I’m going to take the easy way out and blame it on grad school. There’s a lot to tell so far so this post