Alex Tieghi-Walker
Sep 22, 2022 BY
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Iāll wear them until they are just raggedy scraps of leather hanging off my feet. I usually go for a sturdy boot situationāright now itās the R.M Williams Craftsman bootāIāll wear them to traipse through a bog one day and to a wedding the next.
Sep 22, 2022
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Cleanliness is godliness ! ESP when that cleanliness is given to you by 20,000 year old water from deep inside our earth. I have a whole map saved on my phone of secret and not-so-secret hot springs all over the USA and Europe. Happiest when dunked in hot water (*see spas, above)
Sep 22, 2022
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My fab little cousin Saba Sams wrote a collection a short stories called āSend Nudesā published by Bloomsbury and itās about all sorts of exciting/terrifyingšØĀ things that young people have to deal with todayāitās treacherous terrain out thereānegotiating hookups at music festivals, dating apps, grimy pubs, toxic friendships, ambivalent parents, and social pressures. I rarely read fiction but this was witty and tender and I loved it.
Sep 22, 2022
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I only take flights over oceans, and have avoided short-haul flights for about 5 years now. Itās the combination of deep environmental guilt, but also tbh I just *really* enjoy train travel. I just took the train from London to Venice Italy which was incredibleāsunset over the alps. European trains are so much further ahead than American trains, which is silly when you think about the whole railroad race / baron situation in the late 1800s. America could have had such a cool rail network. I took the train from LA to San Francisco last year and it took 15 hours. FIFTEEN! and the only food on board was soggy hot dogs. Nein danke. Pls send your rail execs to Europe for some on-the-tracks research. It's just so much more stress-free to walk into a station in the middle of a city, taking time to read as fields and forests speed by, a chic little snack and then, boom, you arrive right in the middle of another city as if nothing happened.
Sep 22, 2022
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It started when I got self-conscious about my thinning mop, but now itās a āthingā and I like it. Generally I wear a striped Breton (gnome-y) beanie, but I have a collection of cowboy hats Iāve picked up in Texas on road trips over the years that Iāll wear to the beach. I hate suncream so itās good to keep the face in the shade. I bought my godchildren baby-sized striped beanies so we can match.
Sep 22, 2022
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For ages, Wales was deeply uncool to anyone who wasnāt Welsh. But itās where paganism started! Druids, mountains, forests, swamps, meadows, castles, ruins! But Iām not just proud of Wales and its bucolic history, itās got a good/progressive future, too, as one of the worldās fastest growing renewable energy markets, as a major contributor to the worldās seaweed (diet of the future) economy, and over 32% of the landmass designated as conservation zone to protect wildlife and habitatsĀ šæAlthough in a fuck, marry, kill scenario, Iād prob marry Wales but I would def fuck Japan
Sep 22, 2022
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Maybe itās because one time I was lucky enough to live in a house with a sauna, or as a rowdy teenager I spent after-hours on weekends at Londonās gay bathhouses, but, truly, still, at least once a week I need to decompress in a spa. When I lived in the Bay Area, Iād go to the Kabuki or the Russian Banya, and sit in silence and sweat. In L.A. Iāll nip down to Koreatown. Even the seedy spas are fab. I just want to exfoliate. Pls send spa tipsĀ šš¼
Sep 22, 2022
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Itās as rewarding as you imagine. This year I planted four tomato varieties and staggered them by several weeks to give me a whole 5 months of tomato snacks. Between the plants I put basil, mint, chamomile, dill.. I havenāt bought a herb in a supermarket for years. I tried to grow celery and leek plants but they tasted nasty: still learning!
Sep 22, 2022
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I cannot bear short drives and being stuck in a car inĀ traffic,Ā so I bought a mid-noughties Vespa up in Oakland about 6 years ago and itās the best thing Iāve ever owned.Ā I love being able to zip down side streets in NYC,Ā avoiding trafficš¦ØĀ and being able to park right outside where I want to go instead of cruising blocks for hours is a dream. In summer when itās hot Iāll just drive around for the breeze; friends like hopping on the back for rides.
Sep 22, 2022