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World Domination Summit 2012 investment challenge photo

World Domination Summit: How I’m investing my $100 to make the world more awesome

July 11, 2012 · by Lauren · in Art, Portland

Why would someone prone to cynicism travel to Portland, Oregon for a conference that bills itself for those trying to “live a remarkable life in a conventional world”? I registered World Domination Summit out of curiosity, but by the time…

Transit of Venus 2012, San Francisco, CA photo

Captured: Transit of Venus 2012

June 5, 2012 · by Lauren · in Photo Essays, San Francisco

Today’s transit of Venus is the last one we’ll see in our lifetimes. We were lucky to have a fog-free afternoon to watch the small dot traipse across the sun. We still had our eclipse glasses from our recent solar…

Indie Travel Podcast guest blog screenshot

“Ring of fire: How to chase a solar eclipse” on Indie Travel Podcast

June 1, 2012 · by Lauren · in Travel Guides, United States

Todd and I got a little nerdy recently. Okay, hella nerdy.

Dinner time at Day of the Dead, San Francisco, California

Reality bites

March 9, 2010 · by Lauren · in Detritus, San Francisco

Though we returned from our round-the-world trip several months ago, Todd and I are still updating Ephemerratic with stories and images from the global road— “Yeah, right,” you harrumph. Gah! We’re caught! The real world has sunk its sharp little…

Kombucha

Questionable edibles in San Francisco

January 26, 2010 · by Lauren · in Food, San Francisco

As our storytelling heads into China and its cuisine that often challenges the Western imagination of what is edible versus what is best left for grinding into hotdogs, I can’t help but think about cultural food norms. We encountered plenty…

Drawings inspired by in-flight magazines

August 27, 2009 · by Todd · in Travel Art, United States

Sad Puppy – $5, marker on paper, 9.5″ x 6″ After a family wedding in Newark, Ohio, Lauren and I were ready to go home. We didn’t realize it would take 14 hours to get there. How much entertainment can…

We interrupt these global tales to bring you a story about Ohio

August 24, 2009 · by Lauren · in Travel Stories, United States

Biggest basket, really more just a building though| Photo by Lauren Girardin Miss us? Blame some intense family time, the social insanity that is San Francisco in August, and the pressure of of searching for a job during a recession…

Here’s to the extended tribe and baked ziti on Long Island

August 7, 2008 · by Lauren · in New York, Recipes, Travel Stories

Our trip becomes a geography lesson | Photo by Lauren Girardin On the day of our departure from the U.S., for the international leg of our round-the-world trip, I spent part of the day watching my friend Sheri sort through…

In Brooklyn, Big Dawg is king

August 2, 2008 · by Lauren · in Travel Art, Travel Stories, United States

Waiting for Food in Red Hook | Drawing by Todd Berman As a gravelly, authoritative disembodied voice boomed out over the loudspeakers, the hundreds of Brooklynites swimming at Red Hook public pool fell silent. “Big Dawg sez yous got two…

Chi-town’s abundant meat tubes

July 19, 2008 · by Lauren · in Philadelphia, Travel Art

Wrigley, Cubs 3, San Francisco Giants 1 | Art by Todd Berman Much love from Chi-town, home of abundant meat-tubes, be they bratwurst, hot dogs, or polish sausages – they are served with love.

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