How to get into New York Fashion Week

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, usually simply known as Fashion Week (though there are others), kicks off on September 10 in New York. Spring/summer collections will be shown, with autumn/winter clothing presented in February. Celebrities get front row seats, another perk…

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12th Men: How the Seahawks teach us about home

Imagine this. It’s the fourth quarter, the clock is running, your home team is down by three, forty seven seconds left. Home team possession. First down, two yards. Second down, one more. The room holds its breath, the pizza is…

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A Malibu kind of day

Ask anyone who has spent a good deal of time in Los Angeles what the best way to enjoy the city is and you will hear the same answer- LEAVE!  While we all know and love that sprawling tangled mess…

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LA’s 26-mile bike path

The 26-mile bike path that lazily stretches along the LA coast from Will Rogers Beach in the Pacific Palisades to Torrance County Beach down south is one of the best ways to enjoy the endless summer that is Los Angeles….

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USA – Chelsie Corbett

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Chelsie Corbett was born under the open New Mexico sky, but has spent most of her life being dragged around the US in her mother’s minivan. Growing up, she spent time running around in the woods in Wyoming, on the mesas in New Mexico, and in the rolling hills of a Pennsylvania river valley.  Now she lives just a few miles from the beach in Los Angeles, California.

My favorite local films are…. Greece, Pretty Woman, Pulp Fiction, Clueless, The Big Lebowski….I give up, I can’t choose.  Living in Los Angeles, I certainly have my pick.  I got to watch the batmobile chase scene from one of the Batman movies.  I inhaled a fake snowflake, but it was worth it.  My favorite novel/book from my country / by a writer from my country is…… Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. If you’ve never sat outside and read it, cancel your weekend plans and do that instead.  You are welcome.  When I need a reminder of home, I listen to…..my family!  They are always only a phone call away. My favorite time of the year is……Los Angeles doesn’t really have seasons, except for in June when the marine layer sets in and the city is chilly and cloudy.  Everyone digs out their sweaters, boots and scarves and spends their time complaining about how freezing they are in the 60 degree weather and how their wetsuits aren’t thick enough.  I (not so) secretly love June Gloom and any chance to wear scarves and not get out of my cozy bed all day. My all time local hero is…..Iron Man?  Or maybe Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise. Does Tom Cruise count? My favorite local phrase is…..“Cowabunga, dude!”  Nobody actually says that, but I like the notion of diving headlong into something with no hesitation. My favorite words of wisdom/words to live by are…. Be gentle with yourself.  You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars.  In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. – Max Ehrmann. What I love most about my home country is…. soft breezes, crashing waves, breathtaking sunsets, bonfires, stars, road trips, catching fireflies in jars, extreme freedom of thought, the notion that I can completely define my own circumstances and, of course, coffee & donut shops.

Brunch in Seattle – the meal of weekend champions

Brunch is that magical meal that bridges breakfast and lunch. Brunch allows you to sleep in for as long as you need to, and gives you the rest of the day to go on adventures (along with the energy to…

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10 best Indian restaurants in Seattle – and why we’re spoilt for choice

Sitting down at a dinner table with dear friends and eating out of tin plates piled high with sticky rice, hot curries that would make you weep (with joy, and due to spice levels) and a side of pickled chilies – this…

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Cherry blossom season

It’s March and Seattle is starting to wake up again. Months of rain and gray and storms and the occasional snow fall have taken their toll on our Vitamin D deficient population – but the trees are shaking out their…

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Café Silvana and live music in Harlem

As most of you probably already know, New Yorkers are very attached to their neighborhoods. I live in Harlem/ Central Park North exit, so I consider my hood to be Morningside, West and Central Harlem. The Frederick Douglas Boulevard (8th…

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USA / Hong Kong – Lucy Cheah

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Lucy Cheah is a personal trainer, an educator, and a surface and pattern designs artist. She also has a PhD.

I was born in…..Hong Kong, I have spent most of my life in….Hong Kong, London, Rome and New York, and now I live in….New York. My favourite films so far are... The Hours, A Single Man, The Godfather. When I need a reminder of home I listen to…. Teresa Teng, Faye Wong (HK), and singers from the 80s-90s. When I miss Rome I listen to Fellini’s Jazz and Ennio Morricone. My favourite time of the year is….Autumn. My favourite words of wisdom/words to live by are…. Good fences build good neighbours. What I love most about places are… Long walk in summer nights, cobblestones streets, gardens, cycling on quiet days, and of course people.

It’s Christmas time in the city

It was just a few days ago, on the second Sunday of Advent, that my housemates and I put on roughly eight layers (each, mind you, not combined) and ventured out into the freezing weather to chop ourselves down a…

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Discovery Park

Breathe deeply. The air smells like rain and wet earth and a hint of sea salt. It is cold and crisp – I imagine the sprawling river of passageways in my lungs filling with blue. A revitalizing, clean kind of…

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