Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Apr 17, 2011

is it vacation time yet?

An innovative vacation home in Kawakami Village, Japan:


Designed by Shin Ohori of General Design Co., the structure—Setsumasa bristles at the word “house,” since his desire was for something that “was not a residence”—and its wooded surroundings serve as a testing ground for the Kobayashis, who design outdoor clothing and gear (as well as many other products) for their company, .......Research. The shelter is constructed from locally harvested larch wood and removable fiberplastic walls and is crowned with two yellow dome tents used as year-round bedrooms.

Still, this is no primitive lean-to. There’s electricity, hot water, and a kitchen—not to mention iPads, Internet, and a clawfoot tub. By day, the couple trims trees and chops firewood. At night, they sit around a campfire and eat Japanese curry, listen to Phish, and balance their laptops on their knees. This is what a modern back-to-the-land effort looks like.

Read more: http://www.dwell.com/articles/A-Platform-for-Living.html#ixzz1Joz8Uf9v


Now that's my kind of camping!

Mar 14, 2011

vivre la langue

EF - Live The Language - Paris from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

I love these videos, they're ads for a language immersion program and they have them for other cities too. Fantastic. It makes me want to go back to France so badly. Reading Julia Child's books and shopping at Anthropologie will have to suffice for now. Paris, tu me manques. 

Jan 28, 2011

countries I've been to (list 4 of 52)

A tuk tuk at the salt flats in Kampot, Cambodia

Some of these places I will never see again, and some I dream of every day. A list:

              1. USA (duh)
              2. U.K.
              3. Spain
              4. France
              5. Italy
              6. Germany
              7. Czech Republic
              8. Slovenija
              9. Netherlands
              10. Russia
              11. Austria
              12. Hungary
              13. Mexico
              14. Colombia
              15. Costa Rica
              16. Brazil
              17. China
              18. Japan
              19. Vietnam
              20. Cambodia
              21. India
              22. Malaysia
              23. Namibia
              24. South Africa
              25. Bahamas (If one day counts)
That's all! So many more that I want to one day explore!