Category Archives: Architecture

Bricking It

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Karie

Wall behind the Hunterian Art Gallery and most likely part of the Glasgow University Campus I have a real weakness for old bricks. They come in all sorts of colours depending upon where they were made; they can be handmade … Continue reading →

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Magic Tricks and Music Halls

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Karie

Yesterday I found a new favourite place in Glasgow. Walking into Tam Shepard’s Trick Shop is like walking into another world, another era. The shop could have been straight out of the 1930s – except for the Obama masks and … Continue reading →

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Friday Linkage And Such

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Karie

Ooooh, nice location and a suitable size! I also like that it hasn’t been refurbished beyond recognition (I have a particular bone to pick with developers putting Poggenpohl-knock-off kitchens into Victorian properties).  Shame about the price, of course. A few … Continue reading →

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Ghosts

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Karie

The Jewish Quarter, Kraków, Poland, March 2009

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Letter from Krakow

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Karie

Dear everybody, I am typing this entry in the lobby of our Art Deco hotel in my bare feet. It has been raining all day and, just as I moved to Scotland without an umbrella and still do not own … Continue reading →

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IM IN UR WASTELAND

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Karie

It is times like these that I wished I smoked. Tough decisions to make and it is (unsurprisingly) tough to make them. I knit to relax and (again, unsurprisingly) I have finished a hat within two days. So, let’s distract … Continue reading →

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On the Town

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Karie

Oh, my Glasgow. She is pretty even if we do not see the sun all that often and it rains a great deal. She is pretty. We went into town today, to the Lighthouse (not as in Virginia Woolf, but … Continue reading →

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The Balance Shall Tip in the Favour of Culture

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Karie

Being of a fairly decadent, yet thrifty, disposition, we are going on a short holiday in March. Thrifty? We are going to Krakow in southern Poland – a city which is supposedly gorgeous, very Old Europe and still affordable. Decadent? … Continue reading →

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Structures Lost and Found

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Karie

Two links: Abandoned Russian Lighthouses – a series of crumbling structures in beautiful natural surroundings. Add a healthy dollop of poverty and tragedy: After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the unattended automatic lighthouses did [the] job for some time, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Linkage

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Karie

I may be in the throes of female hormones, so here are some calming links. + Smugopedia: “Smugopedia is a collection of slightly controversial opinions about a variety of subjects. We offer you the chance to buy a fleeting sense … Continue reading →

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