http://www.charlenelam.com/blog a woman figuring out where she belongs and what she longs to be Sun, 30 May 2010 23:57:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My current favorite street artist is ROA from Ghent, Belgium. His oversized animals are beautifully drawn and incredibly striking in their urban settings. Here is some of his work in East London: rabbit lenticular on Curtain Road (no longer there) close-up of rabbit lenticular squirrel, Redchurch Street hog, off of Brick Lane bird, off ... http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=575 I'm drinking a lot more tea than I used to, but I'm also drinking a ton of coffee, in an effort to be more energized and productive. I find falling out of bed and heading straight to the coffee shop rather effective, allowing me to think and slowly wake up, ... http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=574 http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=573 http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=572 Really inspiring stuff at Pick Me Up, the first contemporary graphic art fair in the UK, presented at Somerset House, 23 April - 3 May 2010. There were prints by up and coming illustrators and graphic artists, spaces set up by small publishers, a screenprinting studio from Print Club London, ... http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=571 Girl Racer event, a race to be the first to run the sewing machine along a paper track http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=568 Sausage and canned (organic!) butter beans from the natural foods grocery on Kingsland Road, spinach from the small Turkish-owned grocery on Hoxton Street. The next night, I added tomato sauce and chili pepper flakes for a pleasantly spicy pasta dish: http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=569 it's lovely to travel and see friends and family in New York, but it's lovely to come home and unpack, too. We spent the weekend reacquainting ourselves with our East London neighborhood: narrow streets, hipsters in skinny jeans, new street art. So much to see! Hoxton Square's sparse grass and too-cool ... http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=570 I regret to inform you that I've had a change of heart... I think we have to kill the mice that persist in visiting us. Our apartment reeks of mint and still I've heard and seen evidence of mice activity, so the peppermint oil isn't working. I even found under ... http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=567 Our apartment smells like it's made of spearmint gum. This is because every new living location has its own set of quirks. In Sweden, there were the laundry drying closets. In Munich, the excessive number of interior doors. Here in the UK, we've got council tax, finicky water boilers, and ... http://www.charlenelam.com/blog/?p=566