I had to share 20 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am

This is Hazel, sleeping next to a tortoise, which arrived one morning in Johan's garden where it suddenly lost its wanderlust and decided to just hang. According to Johan, the two of them have been sh...

About A Dog 8 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

It's no secret that I've been doing some pretty massive lobbying around this house, trying to convince Johan that we should absolutely get ourselves a dog. He's always been a bit yeahmehwhatevsmaybe, ...

Muthaiga 2 Aug 2013 | 02:38 pm

Johan is living in Nairobi at the moment, and this is his hood. Muthaiga, it's called and it's overwhelmingly fancy, filled with Beverly Hills size houses occupied by rich people, diplomats and govern...

Downtown Nairobi. Saturday. 28 Jul 2013 | 01:16 pm

They served mangrove crab the size of lobsters and dressed it in a tomato-basil and butter sauce 24 Jul 2013 | 10:53 am

Getting There And Away 23 Jul 2013 | 10:33 am

It seems so grand and worldly to advise people on how to conveniently travel off to a remote African island, so I thought I'd do just that, although I have to admit I have absolutely no clue as to whe...

In dire need of a sewing kit 20 Jul 2013 | 04:55 pm

At the risk of offending the residents of a town dating back to the 14th century and which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Johan and I could have both sworn that Lamu Town had been c...

Meanwhile, in Lamu 18 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm

If you're guessing I'm in Lamu, off the coast of Kenya, then you've guessed it right. Johan and I being big city travelers, this is the first time we've ever gone off on a beach vacation together and ...

case study 7 Jul 2013 | 07:58 pm

While all of Copenhagen has been soaking up the sun and beer at Roskilde, I've been cooped up inside working on this. It looks tiny in the photo, but in reality it comes across kind of massive, measur...

six interesting things I saw in China 23 Jun 2013 | 01:14 am

1) A basketball court in The Forbidden City. Apparently there used to be a Starbucks too, but it shut down after some people suggested it might be a little inappropriate to have an American coffee fra...