Amidst boxes, woods, rabbits, squirrels, and crickets

A week ago, we got to Princeton. It's more bucolic than even Ivrea was (in a different way: no mountains and fewer corn fields but lots of trees and woods) — as an avowed city person, I never expected to be living in a town of 14,000. Then again, I hadn't expected to start a… Continue reading Amidst boxes, woods, rabbits, squirrels, and crickets

A front page story

Last week, we were in Düsseldorf and visited my favorite bookstore, Müller and Böhm in the Heinrich Heine Haus. I’m chuffed that Enrique and I are featured on the front page of the website. Last year, I wrote about the book chain they created when they moved into the Heinrich Heine Haus… that’s what they’re… Continue reading A front page story

terra americana!

About 12 hours ago, Enrique and I landed at Newark, thus drawing to a close the European (and for me, Asian) part of our summer. Magically, the travel went really well… On August 1, we headed to Berlin to spend a few days there with my German sister Birke and my dear friend Vicky. The… Continue reading terra americana!

Summer holiday

It's done, it's in the bag. Today, my project at ReD completed. Christian and Jun are somewhere over the Atlantic. In two days, Enrique is interviewing Bjarke Ingalls from BIG for Archinect. And then: we go to Berlin and Düsseldorf on planes and trains. We'll be there for friends, architecture, museums, Birke's going-away party (who… Continue reading Summer holiday