Monthly Archives: November 2008

Petah Marian: Girrrl Gamer

My boyfriend plays video games for a living. I don’t get it. I really don’t get it. I mean, no offence to geeks, but aren’t games were for sweaty, socially-maladjusted 17 year-olds? In the interests of being a good girlfriend and for my own personal growth, I played Gears of War 2 while he was [...]

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Two Flaneurs around town eating Princi Pizza

Guy and I went to the Princi Bakery yesterday for an amazing lunch. We discovered it during our Milan trip and were excited when we heard they were bringing their carby joy to London. I don’t really think it has an equal in the capital. Most places selling baked goods are either focused on white [...]

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Why capital C Culture is still important

It seems as though the universe went out to get an answer my question of why exactly it is still important to experience the cultural equivalent of steak when there are more than enough Big Macs going cheap. The Guardian reported yesterday: “A team from Manchester University and the London School of Economics claim that [...]

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Crart is short for Crap Art

As a child I developed this odd tradition with my father, which I think has turned into somewhat of a wider obsession, or maybe the obsession fueled the tradition, you never can tell with these things. Anyway, I defined an artistic movement called Crart or Crap Art. I’m not sure how it began but but [...]

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