Do I sound paranoid if I say that I think IKEA is intercepting my thoughts? Well, listen to this spooky tale, and decide for yourself: It starts when I took lots of photos of dandelions in Central Park one lovely Spring day. About a week later, I decided to put all this spare time of …
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Shh! IKEA’s reading my mind
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No more Orky Kiley for me
Um, did I mention I’d picked up a little Orla Kiely frock? And that it cost me $15? Apologies, I know smugness can be an awfully annoying character trait. But, I mean, woo frikken hoo!
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Look up! It’s a sign!
While hanging around the East Village, and Brooklyn too, I’ve spotted some lovely shop signs.
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Been there, done that
People, I have finally been to my much-fetishized shopping destination: I have been to IKEA. I got there by walking through Red Hook, Brooklyn, which is the least gentrified area of NYC I’ve seen so far. Capetonians, at times it felt a bit like the back streets of Maitland, which is not an area I’d …
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Leafy
I’ve hardly photographed a single building since we got here. It would seem that it’s leaves that have caught my attention. For something a bit more citified, read about my visit to BKLYN Designs at the ELLE Decoration blog.
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At Kinokuniya
The defining observation from my trip to NYC has been that there’s an overwhelming amount of choice. This city appears to be capable of catering to an seemingly infinite range of tastes, so the fact that there’s a three story store devoted to selling Japanese books should not come as a surprise. I visited Kinokuniya …
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Best Making Day Ever
So it was a Making Wednesday not a Making Friday, but I’m finding it difficult to remember the day of the week anyway, so who cares if I broke the rules. I had the Best Making Day Ever, because I spent the entire day not only creatively focussed for the first time in three weeks …
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The Brooklyn Flea
Our days here are so ridiculously full that I barely seem to have time to edit one set of pics before the next lot arrives. Whew, being on sabbatical is exhausting! So just before we head out the door (another attempt to spot a Williamsburg hipster or two after our ill-fated first try) here are my …
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Bikes, bikes, bikes
I’ve never been to Amsterdam, so perhaps my touchstone for reference is off, but still, it’s true that I have never been in such a bike-friendly city in all my life. Every tree and rail is thick with tethered bikes, and you see every single type of human being riding about here. It’s marvellous. New …
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