In the Lincoln county of Newport, past the West Bull ranches of Ivytown had little Manolo’s dream brewing in a white country house surrounded by alpine trees. Manolo lived with his single mother, Gennine and their dog, Memphis. Gennine had a small novelty store and… Read More
Little Rudolph arrived tippy toed during the last days of snowy winter. The moist tree saps were turning crackly crisp again in the soft winter sun. The dull foliage and leaves around were showing hints of green and vermillion. Nature was singing and Rudolph in… Read More
Ambling out for a stroll in the wilderness with her dog, she often collects twigs, leaves, seed pods, curly dried ferns, moss covered rocks, wild blooms and anything that hooks her fancy and inspires her mood. How can one not be inspired by this land… Read More
You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see. ~Tadao Ando Design is not always about producing… Read More
The furiously restless wind blows across the vast patchy plains. With only sparse bushes rooted here and there, there is hardly any hindrance to its flow. The wind sways, sweeps, elevates and comes gushing down. It takes with it many small little particles of life… Read More
Year 1938, Paris Fashion Week has just commenced and journalists around the world have sprung into action. Telephones are ringing haphazardly and the creek-creek, screeching noise of the fax machine has filled up the offices of newspapers, news books and magazines. Office boys are pulling… Read More
“Dubai, my friend is a city of grandeur. One just cannot be there and escape the indulgences.” – said a visitor back from his honeymoon in this city. I have a plethora of descriptions for this city although. Dubai just doesn’t end here. The more… Read More
“They serve black pudding for breakfast. And no, it does not snow all year long!” This Nordic land with Scandinavian heritage and a Germanic accent was inhabited by the first Viking explorers. And rightly so because who would think of setting up their camps at… Read More
“The season is going to peak in a month. There are going to be a lot of bookings” “Does that mean that the shift will extend?” said a worried Chantel. Chantel was only three months into the front desk. The pressure has already started to… Read More
“Out west everything has its own space. Every little ramshackle cabin, shack, hut sits perched atop its own little piece of destiny with room to breathe, room to live, room to die. You’ll see them, the dead ones, sitting by the side of the road… Read More
Muscari Lane 