April 2017
April is always one of my favorite months: it’s when spring finally kicks into gear, the tulips blooms,…
May 2, 2017
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travel
My Favorite Building In Skopje Is A Brutalist Post Office
Skopje is a strange city, with clearly kitschy neoclassical facades and giant statues on every corner. It’s not…
April 27, 2017
The Purple Cold of Kiev
I went to Kiev in the beginning of February, when the skies were white and blank and the…
March 14, 2017
February 2017
February felt like a reset after overextending myself in January; it was a chance to be grounded and…
March 1, 2017
Coney Island Of My Mind
The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don’t mind happiness not always being…
February 20, 2017
The Oasis of Haydarpasa Cemetery
It’s not easy to find quiet places in Istanbul. The city fizzes with relentless energy, buzzy and bustling,…
February 7, 2017
January 2017
After a mad bit of travel from the end of September on (during which I was never in…
February 1, 2017
The Kiev Crematorium
When most people visit Kiev, they don’t spend their first day at a crematorium. But I was in…
January 17, 2017
Erasing the World at Kodaikanal
When I was in India, Kabir and I spent a weekend escaping the hot city, fleeing south to…
January 11, 2017
Reflections on Bangalore
I went to India for two reasons: to travel somewhere very different from where I’m living, and to…
January 6, 2017