sign series | us road trip

Signs across America somewhere between Detroit, Michigan and Salt Lake City, Utah. Spotted an Airstream in Kansas City, Missouri.

type | nyc

 

Found type around Brooklyn, Coney Island and Manhattan.

brighton | snapshots

Brighton, England is just over 50 miles south of London on the coast of Great Britain. A nice place to escape the city for the day. Just beware of giant seagulls whilst eating ice cream and keep in mind that the beach is made entirely of rocks!

snapshots | outside of london

There is life outside of London. Snapshots from various day trips in England.

copenhagen | snapshots

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and its most populous city. Nearly a thousand years old, Copenhagen began as a simple fishing village and a commerce center. It faces the Öresund to the east, the strait of water that separates Denmark from Sweden, and which connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. The Swedish towns of Malmö and Landskrona lie on the Swedish side of the sound directly across from Copenhagen.

sign series | hand lettering

The streets of London are full of sandwich board signs with hand lettering. "We have a bloody lovely garden" wins for catchiest sign phrase.

iceland | snapshots

Iceland is well known as the land of fire and ice because of its strong volcanic activity and abundance of glaciers. It is an island of 39,756 square miles, about one-third larger than Scotland or Ireland. The nation's capital is the most northern capital in the world.

Random facts: Reykjavik is the only capital city in the world that has a salmon river running right through it. And everyone is listed by their first name in the telephone book.

venice | snapshots

Venice is the world's only pedestrian city. It's sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. This sanctuary on a lagoon is virtually the same as it was six hundred years ago.

paris | snapshots

 

Paris is the capital and largest city of France. It is situated on the river Seine at the heart of the Ile-de-France region. Please find your way to Bouillon Racine and have a crème brûlée stuffed waffle.

paris | rue cler

Rue Cler is one of the best market streets in Paris. It is lined with a selection of specialty food stores, patisseries, butchers, delicatessens, cheese specialists, fishmongers, greengrocers, chocolate shops and cafés. 

Some worthwhile stops | le petit cler for breakfast | Café Roussillon for wine and cheese | L'Eclair for brunch | La Fromagerie for cheese |  nysa for champagne

versailles | snapshots

Versailles the city, established in the late 1600s, is about 10 miles south-west of Paris. The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. There is more to see and do in Versailles than just the palace. There's a market, cute shops and patisseries where you can have a tarte aux framboises.

Random fact: The modern method of tennis scoring is said to have originated in the city of Versailles.

barcelona | snapshots

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. After Madrid, it is the second largest city in Spain. It's the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea.

storefronts | islington

East London is full of cute neighborhoods. These are a few storefronts in the London Borough of Islington.

type | east london

By definition, the word type means: a kind, class, or category, the constituents of which share similar characteristics. So this is my "type" series. Various letters and numbers spotted out and about London town.

london | hackney cafes

While living in Hackney, I've discovered an eclectic selection of cafes, shops and restaurants. These are a few cafes I've tried that are just a short walk from my flat. Sourdough with goat curd and honey, anyone?

storefronts | notting hill

Storefronts near and along Portobello Road in Notting Hill. On Saturdays it is home to Portobello Road Market, one of London's notable street markets, known for antiques and second-hand clothes.

amsterdam | snapshots

 

Last week I spent a few days exploring the capital of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is the world's most bicycle-friendly city. In fact, the 780,000 people who live in Amsterdam own an estimated 881,000 bicycles. There's no point in visiting the city unless you discover the streets on a bike!

color | doorways

Top Left:  Charles Dickens lived in this house from 1837 until 1839 and wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby while living here. It is in the heart of Bloomsbury and is Charles Dickens’s only surviving London house. The other doors are located in Greenwich.

london | borough market

Borough Market – "the only fully independent market in London – is owned by a charitable trust, The Borough Market (Southwark), run by a board of volunteer trustees. It is London’s most renowned food market; a source of exceptional British and international produce."

storefronts | greenwich

Eye catching storefronts throughout Greenwich.