by Hannah on April 19, 2010
Where did we leave off in New York? Ah yes, that’s right. In the space of mere hours I’d gained new clothes, chocolates, and children… and then promptly lost the last of these to their rightful owner. I mean, mother. Sometimes, when I go to bed at night, I think of the toddler and hope someone [...]
by Hannah on April 14, 2010
I love New York. Broadway, beautiful shoes, and a plethora of gourmet stores stocking my favourite edible treasures: high-end chocolate and ingenious dairy-free/vegan foods. Having visited New York three times in the past four years, I decided to dismiss all feelings of tourist obligation this time around. Instead, I planned to spend my two stop-over [...]
by Hannah on December 17, 2009
I promised photos, and I keep my promises. Just a few retrospective shots from New York:
by Hannah on December 14, 2009
Okay, so I’m not sure about rights in terms of embedding someone else’s video, so instead I’m just going to provide the link to Christopher Walken doing Poker Face. Also, I have received external corroboration that I am, in fact, absurdly excited by grocery stores. I was almost at the door of the Columbus Ave Whole [...]
by Hannah on December 14, 2009
On Friday, I spent the afternoon at the Tim Burton retrospective exhibition at MoMA. While wandering through, I couldn’t help wondering whether his parents ever worried about him as a youngster. He seems to have jumped on the kooky and creepy bandwagon early on in life, with everything from his early childhood doodles to his [...]
by Hannah on December 12, 2009
Also known as “When Travelling By Yourself Stops Being Fun”, or “Why I Haven’t Written Recently”: a) Start chatting with a fellow Australian during the hostel’s TV Comedy Night (let’s all wish him a happy birthday for today, okay? Happy Birthday!). As a bonus, this way you get to have someone to laugh with during [...]
by Hannah on December 10, 2009
1. Do not pay attention to the usher at Wintuk pointing you to the “quickest exit”. It won’t be the quickest exit when you end up on a strange street and find yourself walking around for a good ten minutes trying to find Penn Station. Of course, Penn Station turns out to be the enormous [...]