California has always loomed large in my imagination, mainly because of what I saw on tv and in films. When I finally visited it was one of the few places I’ve ever been to where I instantly felt at home exactly because it felt full of possibilities.… Read More California road trip video
It was a pretty white crowd in Palm Springs, which I alluded to in my last post, but as I got to the far end of the main city area I started to see a lot of black families walking up the street, so I kept going up the street as well. I soon encountered… Read More America’s black history and Australia’s black present
Coming from Australia, there are many aspects of American culture I feel at home with. But one thing that’s hard to make a comparison with is the overall urban environment. Take Palm Springs: a charming and unusual town I visited because of the mind-blowing TEDActive conference I blogged about last week. It’s a desert city with… Read More My weekend with Marilyn…in Palm Springs
TEDActive 2013 wasn’t a strange fitness-related event, which some people assumed it was from following my social media activity. The ‘Active’ refers to more cerebral kinds of activities. “It’s like nerd camp”, one guy said to me, and that’s closer to the mark. Yet saying that doesn’t quite capture what it’s actually like. The conference took place… Read More How I learned to stop worrying and embrace the shake at TEDActive 2013
I don’t need to dream about California anymore because tomorrow I’m getting on a plane to head back. It’s a bit spoiled of me to be returning so soon after just leaving it seven weeks ago and it’s a long way to go for 10 days; but a heavily subsidised place at the TEDActive conference in Palm… Read More California dreaming
First things first: tacos. As diverse as Sydney’s food scene is, we don’t have all that much from the Americas. When it comes to Mexican food, we mostly have poorly realised Tex-Mex. There are some exceptions but I’ve basically spent most of my life thinking that I didn’t really like Mexican food. I was pretty… Read More Tacos and tostadas
The Travels of Elephant Woman 