The Journal
Cities and Side Quests
City notes, the small things I do at the end of a day. Slow reading for slow evenings.
None of this is advice and none of it is complicated. It is what I actually do, written down in case it is useful to you.
The cities I have walked, and the side quests I took out of them.
Cities
Travel journal · 4 min read
July 2019
Melbourne in July: Cold, Blue and Worth the Walk
What a winter city looks like from the street: the cold, the food, and the light that kept me walking.
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City notes · 3 min read
A Sunset in Tel Aviv: The Smell of the Evening
What the end of a hot day smells like in Tel Aviv, and why I wrote it down.
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Travel journal · 4 min read
28 to 30 June 2022
Tel Aviv: Sunsets and City Streets
The seafront at sunset, the city from up high, and one morning down the coast at the port. The city days of that window, kept in the order they happened.
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Travel journal · 3 min read
February 2019
Tel Aviv in February: Markets, Coffee and the Seafront
The city days of that visit: stalls and counters, the seafront at golden hour, and two quiet mornings with nothing in them but coffee.
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Travel journal · 4 min read
July 2021
Tel Aviv in July: Beach Days and a Morning at the Port
The city days of that window: sand and sky, coffee with the sea behind it, long dinners, and one morning out at the port.
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July to August 2019
Tel Aviv in July and August: Gardens, Rooms and the Sea
The city days of that window: a first evening on the seafront, a walk the next day, one long day of gardens and rooms, and the beach at the end of it.
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Side Quests
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July 2019
Melbourne in July: A Day With the Animals
The second day of that trip, kept on its own: open grass, long fence lines, and one animal after another in winter light.
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1 July 2022
Masada and the Dead Sea: A Day Out of the City
The fortress first, then the water. One whole day out of the city, from the top of the rock down to the lowest place on earth.
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19 February 2019
A Day Out of the City: Walled Streets and a Church
The other half of that visit: old stone streets, a market run, a church, and the small things in between.
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23 July 2021
A Morning Out of the City: Umbrellas, Candles and Old Stone
The other half of that day: the walled streets in the morning, the lane under the umbrellas, and the stone and the candles in between.
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Street art
Street art · 3 min read
The Walls That Taught Me Self-Love: Street Art Around the World
I have photographed painted walls wherever I stop. Most of them were talking to women.
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Rituals
Rituals · 3 min read
A Twenty-Minute Soak Ritual After a Barre Class
What to do in the twenty minutes after a hard class, and how to make them count for something.
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