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10 Uplifting things I found on the internet this week #6

08/06/202024/05/2020Blog6 Comments

1. A book diorama of Georgian Dublin 2. Bunraku's atmospheric and chilled mix of ambient tracks inspired by different parts of Tokyo https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXYvr4JfdB5wNi2fBnotikIu3wXMxwDcg 3. The world's smallest and deadliest cat https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/status/1185331394332880896?s=20 4. Tree trunk landscape art by Alison Moritsugu https://twitter.com/ivanik_oksana/status/1261668587384823810 5. A recipe for salted caramel matcha latte by Cooking with a Wallflower https://cookingwithawallflower.com/2020/05/20/salted-caramel-matcha-latte/ 6.…

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Travel: Affordable and Mind Blowing Places to Eat in Wellington New Zealand (from a local)

15/05/202021/06/2020A Day in the Life, Blog, Travel2 Comments

Here is the cream of the crop for mind-blowing food (now available again) in Wellington

Bas-relief depicting a banquet in the palace of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal

Cooking 4,000 year old Babylonian recipes, how do they taste?

08/05/202010/04/2020Blog, Quirky History/Historic Jukebox6 Comments

This is one for all the history nerds out and anybody who likes cooking and eating, which probably means you. When you try to recreate an ancient recipe, you may end up with a stinking cesspool of inedible muck or a culinary wonder. Two very famous US universities Harvard and Yale collaborated together to cook…

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Every Picture Tells a Story: Conil De La Frontera, Andalucia

Travel: The ancient moorish town of Conil De La Frontera, Andalucia

30/10/201921/06/2020A Day in the Life, Blog, Travel3 Comments

At least 7 years ago now, I WWOOFED in Andalucia, helping out with cleaning and cooking at an Andalucian B&B villa just outside of Vejer De La Frontera.The work was far from easy although I did happen to live in a mountainside cabin (cheap fibro, but yet still my own for a wee while). I loved the location and the cabin.

Exotic Ads of the Past: 1969 the year Big Macs were launched

19/07/201910/07/2019Blog, Exotic Adverts of the PastLeave a Comment

...And the year that waist-lines exploded and tiny people's bodies were mysteriously snatched by an invisible force named McDonalds. Source: Vintage American Ads

A brief and enchanting history of Australian milk bars

22/05/201906/01/2019A Day in the Life, Blog16 Comments

Originally the concept of the milk bar in America was also a spin-off from the ever-popular apotheke-style pharmacists who dispensed medicines and often refreshing milk-infused tinctures to waiting customers. The customers often milled around or sat on bar stools at a long galley-style counter top. Originally, the pharmacists mixed the medicine with their backs turned…

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The Transformative Powers of Herbal Tea

13/05/201906/01/2019Blog, The Natural World12 Comments

Herbal tea has always been lauded as possessing many medicinal qualities that help with everything, from fighting off a virus to stopping nausea and vomiting. What to Look For In Herbal Tea Some fruit teas contain synthetic ingredients. These synthetic ingredients don't taste as good as the real thing, and they have no real therapeutic…

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Scotland's Momentous Decision on September 18th

Travel: A Survival Guide to Edinburgh Slang and Scots Words

26/04/201921/06/2020A Day in the Life, Blog, Travel5 Comments

If you ever go to Edinburgh and find yourself in one of its countless excellent pubs, you may want to strike up a conversation with one of the grave looking, old guys at the bar drinking pints. If so, you will want to be able to hold a conversation while also not making a fanny…

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Every picture tells a story: A pristine Japanese afro

22/04/201921/04/2019A Day in the Life, BlogLeave a Comment

Japanese afro in Shibuya, Tokyo Copyright © Content Catnip 2018 http://www.contentcatnip.com This guy had the coolest hair in Tokyo. Him and his mate were so chill, just smoking and shooting the shit, talking about life in a back alley near Shibuya. People in Tokyo tend to do wild things to their appearance to differentiate themselves…

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Every picture tells a story: Rainbow neon street scene in Asakusa

01/04/201906/01/2019A Day in the Life, BlogLeave a Comment

Asakusa, Tokyo by Night. Copyright © Content Catnip 2018 http://www.contentcatnip.com Here's another photo I took strolling around at night in Asakusa in Tokyo. In these little alleys, there is an air of intimate and cosy homeliness, I guess this is thanks to the locals. On a micro scale, these alleys had a really neighbourly and…

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Mushrooming in New Zealand: a cautionary tale

29/03/201929/03/2019A Day in the Life, Blog5 Comments

This evening we went walking on Mount Kaukau and found some mushrooms. Although in New Zealand there isn't much of a mushrooming culture here compared to Europe. In the past, foreigners have died as a result of poisonous mushrooms in NZ. So many local people just leave mushrooms well alone here, scared away by times…

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Miniature cooking, like ASMR is a thing…and it’s wonderful

25/03/201925/03/2019Blog, Quirky History/Historic Jukebox4 Comments

Something about miniature cooking makes me smile and feel happy deep inside.

Every picture tells a story: Cosy Asakusa, Tokyo by night

20/02/201905/01/2019A Day in the Life, Blog3 Comments

You know when you just come across something so ridiculously photogenic on the street that you have to photograph it....this was one of these moments. As I have a strange and enduring obsession with all things neon, wandering around Tokyo at night taking photos is my ideal heaven. Asakusa, Tokyo by Night. Copyright © Content…

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Kanpai in Asakusa, Tokyo Japan Copyright © Content Catnip 2018 www.contentcatnip.co

Every picture tells a story: Kanpai in Asakusa, Tokyo

13/02/201905/01/2019A Day in the Life, Blog2 Comments

As darkness falls over Asakusa in Tokyo, loads of locals who have just finished work head to their favourite local restaurant for some amazing and succulent ramen. A lady brandishes a treat in the air and makes her Chiba Inu jump and twirl for the entertainment of passers-by. Salarymen and tourists on their third or…

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Five Summer Must-Dos On The Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne

Travel: Lazy summer weekend ideas on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula

11/02/201921/06/2020A Day in the Life, Blog, Travel3 Comments

Only got a weekend in Melbourne, but want to experience the best of an Aussie summer? The Mornington Peninsula is where to go. This is where the locals flock for the best beaches and laid back holiday vibe. Located in the south east of Melbourne, it's my original stomping ground and so I know it…

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Travel: Cycling adventures along the Kamo river, Kyoto

11/11/201821/06/2020Blog, Travel3 Comments

Cycling alongside calming bodies of water is one thing in life that I adore. In the past I've cycled along the Odra in Wroclaw, Poland, Tamaki Drive in Auckland and along the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, along with many other places. However the Kamo River in Kyoto tops them all. The Kamo river has a flat…

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Book Review: How Not to Die by Dr Michael Greger MD

05/11/201808/11/2018Blog, Book Reviews7 Comments

With its rather dramatic title 'How Not To Die' is a timeless guide to a lifetime of good health. Although there's a lot of these dietary and nutrition books around, none are as stuffed full of scientific references and scientific evidence as this one. In fact a whole third of the book is dedicated to…

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Polski jedzenie/ Polish food: My om nom nom nominations

The nutritious order of things

29/10/201829/07/2018Blog, Spirituality and Mysticism3 Comments

Here's a short media consumption list, from the worst and least nutritious to the most nurturing. Rule of thumb don't eat anything that will give you cancer. Vice - The exhaust fan of a Chinese restaurant. Buzzfeed - A soggy bagel brandished by a drunk guy who wants to fight you. Instagram - A litre…

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Creativity: Keep the Channel by Martha Graham

Five YouTube Channels to Help Women Change Their Lives

29/08/201829/07/2018BlogLeave a Comment

This is very personal. I've found that by using these five channels on YouTube I have really gained a lot from life and these channels have helped me with my personal growth in fitness, health, wellness and happiness. I hope you will check them out and enjoy them as much as I do. By the…

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Food: Autumn’s bounty and feijoa relish

17/08/201804/08/2019A Day in the Life, Blog10 Comments

In our front yard we have a burgeoning, blooming mini forest that encroaches on our house. Part of this wildness is a feijoa tree that drops a bounty of hundreds of oval-shaped bright green feijoa fruit onto the forest floor. I then need to scramble to grab all of these treasures before they are subsumed…

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