nod 'n' smile

After two weeks of relative quiet in the Serengeti wilderness and on the beaches of Jambiani, we found ourselves heading gobsmack into the frenetic energy and urban density of Stone Town, location of the nearest ATM and once the capital of Zanzibar. Stone Town is one of those places that’s easily romanticized and exoticized because [...]

The biggest surprise of my Seattle trip was an impromptu visit to the Seattle Central Library. It’s a behemoth of a library that also happens to be an architectural marvel lauded for its structural and interior design. I hadn’t heard anything about it (didn’t even know that it was a thing) and didn’t have any [...]