Last September, Greg and I spent a week in New York City, mostly checking out the museums and vegan restaurants. One of my favourite museums we visited was the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's too bad that we ended up having to visit so many places in one day—we didn't get to spend enough time at the MET. ...
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London Olympic Architecture
Is it mainly the cities that get the Summer Olympics that have nice, purpose-built buildings to leave behind as legacies for the city? Although many buildings and other things came together due in part to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, nothing really amazing like the aquatic centres in both Beijing and London was designed. I guess if the city ever got a Summer Olympics (which is much bigger is scale, and totally appropriate for a mild-weathered city like Vancouver), Zaha Hadid can make us a ...
Antigua Guatemala Travel Photos in Lo-Fi
This past December/Early January, Greg and I went to Antigua, Guatemala for a few days. The town used to be Guatemala's old capital city. It is a lovely colonial style town with beautiful architecture, nice little shops and restaurants - and amazing coffee and chocolate! I would definitely recommend that people go there, especially since it is so close to Guatemala City and to Lake Atitlan and some volcanoes for other nearby excursions. I've been playing around with a program called Lo-Fi ...
Traditional Swahili Architecture
One of my favourite things to do when I go to a bookstore is to browse through the architecture books to take a look at the stunning photos. African architecture particularly catches my eye. It doesn't seem like there are as many books on this subject as others, so I was happy to have found this website focusing on Swahili architecture and properties for sale. ...
