EATONVILLE, Florida – Temperate is not an adjective oft used to describe Central Florida. Clouds seem to permanently loom in the distance, portending liquids from the heavens. This is what I was faced with upon arriving to Eatonville. Though the journey through it was short, that made it no less sweet. The streets were quiet, …
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Postcard from Key West
KEY WEST, Florida – A series of isles lead you to this nestled port hailing itself as the Southernmost point of America. Teal water shimmers just along the coastline. The character of the place seemed to hail from black-and-white movies, so it was quite a stark contrast to see it in all its color. Cuban …
Postcard from Oxford
OXFORD, England – The day is appropriately gloomy for a train ride from London to Oxford. Light conversations seem to trend towards intellectual the closer we get to Oxford. From the station, buses head towards downtown, where buildings progressively gain character. Pretty soon, we are far from warehouses and immersed completely in edifices of a …
Postcard from Gouda
GOUDA, Netherlands – The market on Thursday presents its namesake – Gouda cheese. The mood is festive as children run around the cobblestoned plaza, and sellers display fresh fruits and vegetables. Fish is served at the cafes that line along the center. Stores typically close early in Gouda, except for these weekend nights when people …
Postcard from Honolulu
HONOLULU, HAWAII – When visiting some place so engrained in our cultural mind for the first time, it leaps from the pages. But there are still surprises lurking at each corner. Onboard the boat, the captain says that the sands of Waikiki are not from Hawaii at all. Instead, they were transplanted from the States …
Postcard from St. Ives
CORNWALL, UK – At the bottommost of the United Kingdom sits an area where narrow roads wind through cornfields with cautious abandon. The winds whip the uninitiated around, the water roiling with a tempestuous nature that the English Currents do not fully describe. The clouds in the distance never cease. With almost absolute certainty, they …
Postcard from Locke
LOCKE, California – Not far from Sacramento, there’s a California National Historic Landmark. A window into Central Valley history emerges – and it is not difficult to imagine the countryside having stayed as it was on this day – cattle by the side of the road, grazing to the backdrop of clear, blue skies – …
Postcard from Cologne
Cologne, Germany – When one thinks of Cologne, one pictures the cathedral that greets travellers at the doorstep of the Bahn. This mother of all cathedrals, wherein, towering over the tourists who stand out front, gawking at its sheer grandeur. That it was constructed by a human is almost unimaginable. Its range is as tall …
Postcard from Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, U.S.A.- Our collective memory of a Los Angeles we have never been to exists only in the backlot of Universal and in raw footage of clips from the 70’s. In that age of television, neon signs and permed hair abound. The skyline is still much the same these days, but on a given …
Postcard from Busan
BUSAN, South Korea – Springtime means that wisteria vines fill with an overwhelming scent. The street lines with a lavender that colors the mind. I imagine that walking through this town square in bloom mirrors the valley in Busan, thousands of miles away. Tammy’s journey takes form through the oceanside town of Busan. The city …
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