Author Archives: Magpie

I hadn’t been to Boston since 2004. Last time I was here, someone called the terrorist tipline on me and I was bumrushed on the street by plainclothes cops from DC. Because I was wearing a skirt. Awesome. Anyhow, this … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I went with a friend on a daytrip from Queens up to Sleepy Hollow, NY. I then proceeded to get my van stuck in the snow at the edge of a steep hill in a graveyard. … Continue reading →

In 2008, I went off with my then-partner to explore the great middle-west of the country. Mostly southern Utah, actually. I hadn’t taken photos in six years or something, but I bought a digital SLR for the trip, hoping to … Continue reading →

A few years back, my friends found a steamer trunk filled with old photos next to a trash can in Baltimore. I obsessively scanned everything in it. I only started uploading them to my flickr last night though. Lots of … Continue reading →

Two weeks later and I’m in the opposite corner of the country. On one of the coldest days of the year, my friend and I left Ithaca, NY to go to Taughannock Falls on Cayuga Lake. Okay, it wasn’t very … Continue reading →

The desert called and I returned to Slab City. This time, I filled my car up with punx and we went to “the mud pots”, a geothermal spot with bubbling clay. It wasn’t long before most of us were covered … Continue reading →

Occupy Santa Cruz, in San Lorenzo park, was told that everyone had to clear out by 5 or 6 on December 7th. I showed up to support in case the police came in to arrest people. But of course, as … Continue reading →