iislucas

ponderings, experiences, moods

25 March 2011

pictures; and things to do...

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Some more pictures; I went out to Queens, apparently all the best food is out there, in small unassuming and very local places. They certain...
22 March 2011

There is a sign that says BUMP

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There is a sign that says BUMP. A man picks up his dog's shit, with his bare hands, and places it delicately by a tree. Galleries la...
16 March 2011

time, time traveling, and psychic puppies on a window-sill

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I got home early today, left the office at 17:30, that felt pretty good. But I also had too much coffee, on and off, over the day, leaving m...
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11 March 2011

images on the way to work

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I wake up, and admire the view... I walk to work, this is typically what it looks like: There are strange characters here, like this...
7 March 2011

carnival in queens, alien-heads galore

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This weekend, I went to a party in Queens; Astoria . It was the kindly invite of a friend of friend, a Greek carnival party, where wild alie...
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3 March 2011

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The first week at work has been surprising in how unsurprising it has been. Much like Wikileaks - all the stuff you didn't know, but str...
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27 February 2011

A short, delightfully bitter Capuccino

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A short, delightfully bitter Capuccino, and a gentle brioche in the lobby of the ACE hotel; I'm really here for that Stumptown Coffee . ...
25 February 2011

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Man and parrot outside Murray's Bagels I'm moody today; woke up on the wrong side of bed, on the wrong side of afternoon; struggl...
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23 February 2011

sighting masonic temples, fortune tellers, and lovingly made burgers

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Simultaneously lost for words, and overwhelmed with things to say. Here's a sprinkling of sights... View from living room window; m...
21 February 2011

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Just arrived to my flat in New York, a 17th Floor on 6th Avenue, the centre of Manhattan. Rather like a hotel; white clean dry walls; it...
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9 August 2008

Dangerously in Sydney

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A collection of long flights, 40 hours from setting off I'm washing away jetlag, slowly, loosing moments here and there as I stare nowhe...
27 November 2007

Lost, Smuggling and Consuming

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Somehow I have not managed managed to sleep again. I mismanaged my packing, fixing the shower at 2am, forgot my french phone cards, euros, b...
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20 September 2007

Memories of Spain in Paris

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Paris again, a small cafe somewhere, this table is too small for my latop and the coffee. Two girls discuss something serious in deep arabic...
15 May 2007

Retirement to The Samarkand Teashop

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The Samarkand Salon de The, a carpet covered cafe on a small backstreet in the centre Paris. I sip a bowl of widely spiced tea and listen to...
29 April 2007

Stormy Paris

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Dressed all in white, an elderly woman holds herself upright on two metal crutches and stares strait into the sky, watching it throw down a ...
2 December 2006

Back to Edinburgh Chaos

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I'm back in Edinburgh, the wind howls and tango based chaos storms around me. My next trip will be to Nimegan - until then you can find ...
27 November 2006

Walk in the morning sun

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Yesterday Graham and Sam arrived; we lunched on extravagant sandwiches and then undertook an expedition to find the remote exhibition of the...
23 November 2006

in celebration of cake

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It's raining and I'm in a good mood - my teaching is over and we've just eaten cake had a taste of whisky and enjoyed some good ...
17 November 2006

Holiday in Hamburg

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A sunny day and I take the train to Hamburg, a surprise ferry ride over shining waves then packed back into our train. I step out of central...
11 November 2006

The Portuguese scientoligist

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When I stay at home for too long I get gloomy, restless, push sanity for kicks. Annoyingly, the cd player skips. Luckily there are lots of r...
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