Kattens Rejse

Indlæg for January 2005

Afternoon Tea at LACMA

(A food review by Nit&Picker) On a sunny Saturday afternoon we went for high tea at the cafe at LACMA The first course was waiting – we were on time, our table and food was not. A not alltogether unreasonable but still regrettable amount of time as my stomach was rumbling and considering they require […]

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Smilodon

I La Brea ligger Page Museum der udstiller diverse af fundene man har halet op af tjærepølene. Blandt andet adskillige sabelkatskeletter som dette. Her kan I se at små sabelkatte har sabelkattemælketænder inden de får deres blivende sabeltænder:

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La Brea

Warmth on my upturned face, uncovered hair and bared arms, the light red-golden filtered through eyelids. The hot wide smell of tar from the pit on the other side of the path. Cool moist grass beneath me, the low stone wall at my back reaching body temperature and giving off a faint rock scent mingling […]

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Frugt

Vi er kommet til Tante Ella-land hvor appelsinerne og citronerne gror! Allerede da vi steg ud af flyet igår og mødtes af den blide luft stod det klart at der er langt til det snedækkede New York. Her til morgen vovede jeg mig udenfor i sandaler og uden sweater – sommertøj foeles sært uvant og […]

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On flight CO1202 bound for LAX, after the glorious first push of acceleration at takeoff

Up here the sky is blue. Far below glimpses of snow-covered fields can be caught, The sight of blue skies above and white clouds underneath pushes me towards vacation mood. My instincts expect I am flying someplace warm – probably because I previously have mostly flown in summer for vacations. Bright sunlight throwing reflections from […]

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Den 24. januar, aften

Empire State Building. Fuld af turister med kameraer og amerikanere der vil saelge dig ting – audio tours, fotografier, souvenir-ubrugeligheder…, eller uniformeret viser vej “exit to your left”, “please step forward”… Mit hovede fyldtes med al deres plapren, der var ikke plads til overs til mange tanker. Men udsigten fra toppen var fin – kold, […]

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Full Circle

Sitting here blogging in the bean bag chair in Kamal, Ganesh and Siggi’s office I have come full circle. Today is my last day of work before packing, going on vacation and then leaving for New Zealand. In my fist week at Cornell, before I got assigned an office, I would also sit here in […]

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