After months of drowning you in all things-Sri Lanka, here is the very final addition: a rundown of all the Sri Lankan blog posts. The Pearl Of The Indian Ocean Sri Lanka: A First Impression Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle Sri Lanka’s Tea Country Where Is Sri Lanka? Sri Lanka’s Wildlife The Origins of a Photograph: Sri Lanka … Continue reading The Sri Lankan Series
While I peruse the endless confines of the internet through this 15-inch titanium crack pipe, I often find photographs that I admire dearly. The problem is, I have a hard time figuring out where many of them were taken. A part of me appreciates the anonymity of an image—the unrestrained nature of not knowing, while … Continue reading The Orgins of a Photograph: Sri Lanka
Through paved roadways and chopped up back roads, we pass shack after shanty and witness the scattered remains of a Tsunami’s battered footprint. Regardless of the time passed since its initial devastation, its impression is still evident and real. But bygone disasters aside, the human landscape still seems unfamiliar to me as I’ve sheepishly grown … Continue reading Sri Lanka: A First Impression
Whenever I’m asked where I went to college, I say that I went to Emerson in Boston. It’s true, that’s where I graduated from and spent my last three years of school, but what I usually neglect – only because the explanation often exceeds the attention span – is my secret Castleton. Before I wandered … Continue reading My Secret Castleton: Castleton State College
This weekend we celebrated Sammy’s birthday. Not unlike birthdays in the past, she wanted to relax (something she seldom gets with the rigors of a fashion-based job in NYC). But up until last year, we called California home and weren’t exactly sure what New York would offer in comparison. So when June 10th arrived this … Continue reading A Taste Of Long Island
New York. She sleeps. But she’s a light sleeper. Continue reading New York. Up At Night
Recently, I’ve been biking around New York and I have to say, I’m hooked. But while I pedal the city in running shoes and a hoody, I’m ousted by a sea of skin-wrapped spandex riders zipping by me – most of them casting dirty looks. I want to believe that I’ll understand the attire one … Continue reading Biking NYC [Without] Spandex
With over 4 million visitors each year and a bounty of 747,956 picturesque acres, Yosemite is one of the most visited National Parks in the country. Stories of John Muir sleeping under the stars (great book about him here.) and images of Ken Burns’ “National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” resonate with every visitor – further … Continue reading Hiking Yosemite National Park
It was a period in my life filled with great promise and incredible insight. Rob, Caroline and I were building an eco-retreat in Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica. It was a recipe for something good – something fresh, but it was also a recipe for a break in the partnership due to conflicting schedules, ideas, … Continue reading Pura Vida: Looking Back at Costa Rica
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