on travel and other things • 22 comments • Postponing travel plans, to work on other projects, seems like a bit of a theme for us these days. Since we're clearly obsessed with travel, (enough that we've dedicated an entire blog to it) you'd think that we'd be upset... but we've been enjoying some of the other things that life has to offer and thinking about how we can travel in the future so that it includes more time for volunteering or community outreach - which we didn't discuss here previously because I didn't want to be a downer. The summer has been good to us. Long evening bike rides, kayaking, and dinners with friends has made the season even better. We intend to stay in Montreal and enjoy the weather while it's nice, with plans to travel in the winter. In attempt to make travel planning easier, we've joined Pinterest: We realize that Pinterest is usually used to save random inspirational things, but I thought it might be an efficient way to gather resources for travel. It's more visual (read: prettier) than just having a bunch of boring bookmarks. It's also a lot easier to share - we can just direct people to our board if they'd like recommendations. I've been meaning to make one for our favourite Montreal spots for all the people who ask us what they should do when they come here. If you've got any travel related boards that you think we should see, feel free to share them, or if you feel so inclined, send us links to your blogs or articles about places you think we'd enjoy - especially if you've had a good experience. Awhile ago, Rhianne wrote a bit about us for a Lomography Magazine article. It's been ages since we've used our lomo cameras, so this was a nice reminder to dust them off and take them to play outside. If you'd like, you can see all of our lomo + film photos in our flickr set. This past weekend, Paul McCartney played at the Yankee Stadium in NYC. I was bummed that I didn't get tickets to that until... he announced that he was coming to Montreal. I thought I'd definitely have to make the trip to New York (or at least Toronto) to catch him in concert and that he would quit touring before I got the chance. I still can't believe we're seeing one of The Beatles sing his old tunes (can't say I know too many Wings-era songs). I was so consumed with the idea of attending a Paulie concert that I even added it to our list. Now I don't have to settle for Ringo! We heard that he ends the set with the Abbey Road medley. I'm really excited. - Mina
lomography love: nyc edition • 21 comments • {manhattan from the staten island ferry}The Diana Mini is usually forgotten at the bottom of our bag. The sun needs to be shining brightly for the toy camera to work, so this further reduces the chances of us pulling it out. We were able to take a few pictures in NYC and these four shots are the very few that turned out.{fifth avenue clock}{cathedral church of saint john the divine}{the flatiron building}
milnerton beach • 14 comments • Right on the Atlantic Ocean, about 11 kilometres to the north of Cape Town, is the suburb of Milnerton. On a particularly windy morning, we enjoyed a full English breakfast and a stroll along the beach. Milnerton Beach is known for it's panoramic views of Table Mountain. If you look closely in the photo below, you can see it in the background. That day, it happened to be covered by a "table cloth" - a term the locals have coined for a layer of white clouds that often float over the mountain. Since there was ample opportunities to view (and go to the top of) the mountain, we just enjoyed soaking up the sun.
