Spendthrift Shoestring tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1488286 2012-01-20T21:20:01+00:00 value-friendly travel, local culture, cool objects & design TypePad Vienna-Yugoslavia-Vienna, January 1982 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833016760de4890970b 2012-01-20T21:20:01+00:00 2012-01-24T15:27:23+00:00 Thirty years ago this week, more or less to the day, my life as a traveler began. My mother yanked me out of school and we set off from Vienna for unknown territory to the south. I’d only been in... Alex Robertson Textor Newsworthy in Kent tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f809323883301675fad1404970b 2011-12-31T07:37:00+00:00 2011-12-31T07:37:00+00:00 In October Matt and I took a day trip to Tunbridge Wells, where we were greeted by this headline. The Kent and Sussex Courier's slogan? "Making local matter more." Mission accomplished. Alex Robertson Textor Top 20 Best Songs of 2011 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f80932388330168e4a2a339970c 2011-12-30T00:33:14+00:00 2011-12-31T18:26:16+00:00 I've been lazy this year with music. I did little new music research and just sort of felt my way through the dark. For example, I spent little time in 2011 listening to recent music on the radio. These, my... Alex Robertson Textor Unpacking: A New Regime tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833015391c64612970b 2011-09-21T18:04:28+01:00 2011-09-21T18:10:50+01:00 Historically, I've been terrible at unpacking after work trips. I typically remove what I immediately need from my knapsack (sorry, trying to integrate!—backpack) and leave the rest to fester: receipts, ticket stubs, notebooks, guidebooks, pens, in-flight magazines, newspapers, foreign currency,... Alex Robertson Textor Mljet Chapel Interior tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f809323883301543542bf2f970c 2011-09-08T19:47:58+01:00 2011-09-08T19:47:58+01:00 I've been meaning to do something with this image for months now. It's of the interior of Sv. Marije, a sixteenth-century chapel on Mljet. We stopped by in early July to take a look at the chapel only to discover... Alex Robertson Textor Hackney Sunset tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833015434bc1db7970c 2011-08-22T20:43:40+01:00 2011-08-22T20:43:40+01:00 Tonight's sunset from my flat's west-facing window. Alex Robertson Textor Mljet tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f809323883301543385bf58970c 2011-07-06T19:18:39+01:00 2011-08-23T17:35:42+01:00 It's rare that I leave a place and immediately want to return. Mljet is haunting me this week. I can't stop thinking of the light, the water, and the stone houses. Could I live there? Sv Marija (St Mary) island.... Alex Robertson Textor Hackney Innovation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f809323883301538ebdc1cc970b 2011-05-27T08:07:00+01:00 2011-05-27T08:07:00+01:00 I love how the resident of this council flat has created her own garden. She's not the only one in the neighborhood utilizing common space for a garden, either. There's a fellow living in an estate across the street growing... Alex Robertson Textor Hackney Still Life tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f80932388330154328a9c26970c 2011-05-26T08:15:00+01:00 2011-05-26T08:15:00+01:00 Better Orwell than Orwellian. Alex Robertson Textor Say Thank You tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f8093238833014e88aaa461970d 2011-05-25T20:40:34+01:00 2011-08-23T17:34:30+01:00 This is the third post in a quite irregular series in which I provide unsolicited advice to my fellow travel bloggers. Here it is: When someone responds to your request for advice, thank them. The social media-driven universe we travel... Alex Robertson Textor