Riga

It’s just dough, spin­ach, cheese and garlic, but the first bite into a piroski trans­ports me instantly back to child­hood. Even just the dough: there’s some­thing in it that tastes like no other dough. My mother used to make meat piroski too, hot...

Flash mob!

I’m in Riga, Latvia (and strangely, have free net access, wire­less, in a spiffy modern caf when Bar­celona could­n’t provide this… what’s going on???). Will post more about the city and the other stuff later… BUT! i have received my first flash mob invite and...

Ode to the bath

At Christin­a’s in Hol­land (yay!!!). 2.17am. Just had first ser­i­ous long, hot bath since leav­ing Aus­tralia. Some of you may know me and baths. Anyhow… bath scene in white, purple and blue for niels bijl, who ran the bath I am heat and sap-riddled...