C.K. Stenberg

First Day in Ethiopia

Chris Stenberg — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:56:08 +0000

I’ve seen plenty of what I expected to see in Ethiopia thus far on my first full day in Addis Ababa. A hike up to Washa Mikael Rock-hewn church in the hills of Yekka, and through some small villages exposed some of the city’s impoverished living conditions, with most of the people in the area [...]

What side is the gas cap on?

Chris Stenberg — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:24:09 +0000

What side is the gas door on? This question has plagued me with new cars, rental cars, friend’s cars, more or less every car, for the better part of my entire life. That is until the other day when someone pointed out to me that every car has an arrow next to the gas level [...]

Dove Campaign For Real Beauty

Chris Stenberg — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:31:58 +0000

We live in a world of images and icons. This is true, whether you like it or not. Many of these images are modified to sell a certain idea, or an ideal look. Much ink, digital or otherwise, has been spilled over the effects of over-glamorizing the female form, and the media’s responsibility in the creation of an [...]

Hollywood Half Marathon

Chris Stenberg — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:37:56 +0000

So I ran my first official half marathon. I actually ran the distance a few weeks ago with a friend in about one hour and fifty something, it hurt the next day, but the distance was surprisingly doable. I had trained for 6 weeks this spring for a 5k race, which involved a lot of [...]

The Killing Season 3 on Netflix

Chris Stenberg — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:22:12 +0000

I was walking around in New Westminster, BC a couple of weeks ago and saw this notice for filming of The Killing. Knowing that it had been cancelled after season 2 by AMC I was confused, but after some research discovered that The Killing was indeed uncancelled and brought back from the dead for Season [...]

Ferry to Santorini

Chris Stenberg — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:48:57 +0000

I took this photo early in the morning as we departed from the Piraeus Port in Athens for the island of Santorini in Greece. People were filing out the door to the deck as we left the dock. I snapped this with my iPhone 4. Read some of my other Greece blog posts: Solo Adventures [...]

Street Football in Napoli

Chris Stenberg — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:53:31 +0000

I fell in love with Naples almost immediately. The city has a gritty liveliness to it that I would really struggle to explain. Less posh than Florence, dirtier than Barcelona, and certainly less cosmopolitan than Rome, Napoli is a place where life happens in the streets — whether it be day or night. I snapped [...]

Shane Koyczan Ted Talk

Chris Stenberg — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:29:51 +0000

Local Penticton spoken word artist Shane Koyczan had his TED talk on bullying today, and in what I can imagine was only a massively heartfelt poetic sermon on the issue, his performance moved the audience of great thinkers in an emotionally evocative way. After watching this I have to say that Shane is really something [...]

Fishing on the Ataturk Bridge

Chris Stenberg — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:57:27 +0000

I took this picture on the Ataturk Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey in 2011. Standing over the Bosphorous River, the bridge connects the Asian and European sides of Turkey, and is also a popular spot for local fishermen. These kids were joining in the activities in the afternoon sun. Istanbul is truly a remarkable city — [...]

The Eiffel Tower from a Local’s Perspective

Chris Stenberg — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:04:23 +0000

When I was in Paris, I was determined to get a different glimpse of the Le Tour Eiffel. Of course I took an awful picture of myself on the lawn with the tower in the background, and many other snapshots from that same, ubiquitous angle, but I really wanted to see the Eiffel Tower from [...]