Amanda | December 23, 2009
At the close of each year, on one blog or another I have done a “Best Of” of my own photography. This year I am sharing my favourite Polaroids of 2009. I probably used my Polaroid SX70 more so this year than any other, so I do believe it’s fitting. This shot was taken on [...]
Category: Photography, Polaroid Portraits, Sydney, The Move, Vancouver |
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Amanda | December 22, 2009
No matter how homesick I may get a few days before Christmas, my mood can always be lifted by popping on the Charlie Brown Christmas Album. There is something in those piano notes that just cheers me up and forces me to take a good, hard look at myself. Spending my first real Christmas away [...]
Category: Living Abroad, The Move, Vancouver |
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Amanda | September 24, 2009
Hello from sunny, Vancouver! I don’t like having a big hunk of posts missing, but my life has been so hectic at the moment with our big move that I’ve barely had time to get online. I have hundreds of posts sitting waiting to be read in my RSS! One thing I will be writing/complaining [...]
Category: Shop Shop, The Move, Vancouver |
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Tags: How to be Canadian, Sephora, Shopping
Amanda | September 20, 2009
I’m off to Canada tomorrow. See you on the other side.
Category: The Move |
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Amanda | September 12, 2009
Hello! Image by Pia Jane Bijkerk Life is still crazy around here for me as I embark on my last week in Sydney before we jetset away to Vancouver. My posts have been sporadic, but I can’t wait to settle in a new city to have time to blog all about my new adventures. We [...]
Category: Inspiration, Sydney, The Move |
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Tags: Moving, Pia Jane Bijkerk, Sydney
Amanda | September 7, 2009
The light, the glorious Aussie sun light. Max Brenner; Chocolate by the Bald Man. Paddington and Balmain. The Glebe markets. The beaches. The way the air smells right before summer. The glistening of sunlight hitting the water in the afternoons. Gelato Saturday morning breakfasts. The awesome book stores; Kinokuniya and Berkelouw. Pentimento in Newtown. and [...]
Category: Cafe Life, Sydney, The Move |
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Tags: Polaroid Notes, Sydney
Amanda | August 31, 2009
I‘m currently posting from what used to be my brother’s old bedroom with much of Sean’s and my apartment sitting in it. I have boxes of Polaroids and prints sitting waiting to be opened, a desk drawer filled with underwear and the current issue of Frankie waiting for me to read. We had a hell [...]
Category: Sydney, The Move |
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Amanda | August 23, 2009
The Cherry Blossom hunt began this weekend and boy oh boy, did it deliver! The Saturday morning walk proved to be very beneficial with little pockets of pink magic sprinkled all over our sunny, almost Spring streets. This weekend was the last one in our apartment for the Canadian and me. We have lived here [...]
Category: Photography, Sydney, The Move |
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Tags: cherry blossoms, Polaroid, Sakura