Last Tuesday night I was fortunate enough to hear Genevieve Bell, anthropologist, future-thinker, and director of Intel Corporation’s Interaction and Experience Research, speak. It was a really compelling talk with lots of big thoughts. There was a small one I wanted to pick up on, though: in a discussion about seamless technology integration, Bell told … Continue reading
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Enchanted Evening
The London of my imagination is a nighttime city, a city of twinkling lights reflected in the Thames, of old-fashioned lampposts, of warm windows full of laughing people glowing into dim streets. Sometimes it’s even like that in real life. One night I walk home from seeing a show at the Globe and I feel … Continue reading
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Code
“A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread–and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness– Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!” Quatrain XII, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 5th ed. (trans. Edward FitzGerald) On the first Tuesday of every month, Victualler in Wapping hosts a wine tasting of organic, biodynamic … Continue reading
Book Signing at Hayaam Belly Dance Showcase
I am so excited to share with you that I will be holding a book signing for Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity at Hayaam Bellydance Showcase on Sunday 1 September! It will be in the lush surrounds of the Jewel Piccadilly, W1B 5DQ and the doors open at 6:30 for a … Continue reading
London for Adventurers
London is a city rife with attractions for the intrepid adventurer. On Sunday, for instance, I got to ride on a funicular railway. You might say there is no place in London with a funicular railway. Well, gentle reader, you would be wrong, for there is one beside the Millenium Bridge on the St Paul’s … Continue reading
Publication of “Belly Dance Around the World”
I am so pleased and proud to announce that the volume I have been co-editing, Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity, has just been published by McFarland press! My parents forwarded this photo of my author copies–they arrived at their house in the US a few days ago, along with a … Continue reading
The Kid from Paris: Jean Brassard at Crazy Coqs
Last time I went to Brasserie Zedel’s Crazy Coqs, I was there for Fitzrovia Radio Hour. This time, I was rounding off my day at RegentTweet with Jean Brassard’s homage to Yves Montand, “The Kid from Paris”. I’ve already described how Brasserie Zedel leaves me longing for the trappings of sophistication and elegance. While I … Continue reading
RegentTweet: Theoretical Questions on ‘Lifestyle’
Let’s talk about ‘lifestyles’. Yesterday I found myself invited to a “lifestyle and shopping event for professional bloggers” called RegentTweet organised by some clever marketers over on Regent Street. I signed up for a chance to attend through London Girl Geek Dinners, a group which should be pretty self-explanatory. I didn’t think I’d get selected … Continue reading
Global Moves Word Cloud
These are word clouds based on my book Global Moves! Designed with Wordle, they’re not just keywords arranged in a pretty pattern: they also provide a visual representation of the frequency of terms in the text. I wasn’t really surprised by the results but some things came out much more clearly than I expected–and other … Continue reading
Boston: You’re My Home
Monday there were two explosions close to the finish line of the Boston Marathon. At the time I started to put my thoughts down on paper, Boston was in the process of evacuating as the authorities hunted for more suspicious devices. Boston is the city of my birth. Though not truly my hometown–Gloucester, a coastal … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 