walken

"I was walking
Like I said by myself
I was talking
To myself about you
Like I always do"
- wilco, "walken" from sky blue sky

one of my favorite songs. i also like to randomly text my sister with the lyrics. i always think of this song when i'm about to go somewhere.

for example...

i'm really excited because i have 3 weeks and 3 continents of travel ahead of me. first, for work, i'm headed to new york city. i'm going over the weekend to visit with the sis and hopefully get some good photographs.

then i come back and 2 days later head across the pond to london for work. i'll be there for a week and a half, and over the weekend i hope to go with my friend erin somewhere cool. maybe paris ;)

and THEN, i come back and have 1 day till i head south to colombia, south america to help my freshman college roommate celebrate her wedding. i'm making a stop in cartagena for a long weekend and then bogota for the rest of the trip. again, hoping that there will be some splendid opportunities for photos.

stay tuned...

** for photos, check http://www.flickr.com/photos/khakiaraki/

the white city

a reference to the grand city created in jackson park, chicago to host the 1892 columbian exposition. white because all the buildings were adorned with white stucco and electricity was introduced to light the boulevards at night, reflecting off the white buildings and creating a luminosity against the tenements of chicago. the city is the main character of erik larson's devil in the white city (a historical book written like a novel...i highly recommend).

this winter, "the white city" means something completely different. it means inches of snow covering every rooftop, sidewalk, and sandy beach. it means slightly gray skies and christmas lights still wrapped around tree branches.

and here's what it looks like: