Adventures in Urchining: A Beginner’s Guide
By Sarah Jost You have no doubt gathered by now that the Urchins are a thrifty lot. It’s not that we don’t ever want to spend our money, it’s just that our financial priorities differ from those of...
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Geo Being an Urchin means choosing to not drive as often as you can, despite living in an automonoculture like Los Angeles. (This is me walking away from my parked car and walking to the library.)...
View ArticleUnder a London Sun with Sarah Jost
By Geo Ong My, my, my, Miss Sarah Jost thought, what an unusually clear day! Such a day, such a pity to let it all go to waste! Miss Jost packed in haste her little bag with little snacks; the lovely...
View ArticleWhat’s the Rush?: Dwindling Attention Spans in the Fast Age of Technology
By Geo Ong I shall preface this piece with an obvious statement: I have no right to tell someone how to live. In my attempt to keep you interested and keep you from scrolling to the end and saying to...
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Today’s theme: Mission: Impossible Geo The books I must read in 1.5 months so I won't have to take them with me across country. Laura Sorting the box of random photos is my Herculean feat for the...
View ArticleWould Your Mind Follow Your Feet If They Wander?
Words and images by Geo Ong In the introductory chapter of his book Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris, Graham Robb recounts his time as a younger man in the City of Light: ‘I came to know Paris...
View ArticleFrom the Ear: An Auditour Down Brooklyn’s Fulton Street
by Geo Ong It was an adamant self-rule that, while living in New York, I would never walk down streets with music in my ears. This had nothing to do with personal safety but rather an exercise in...
View ArticleAnswers Revealed! How the Urchins Spent Their Labour Day
We certainly hope you all had a great Labour Day. Yesterday we quizzed you on what we’d each be doing. Overall, you were correct! (We are so proud of you!) Please find below the complete answers – just...
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Today’s theme: The Art of Walking Geo "I'm walkin' here!" Ninja Dave Walking like a ninja: safe and stealthy! Sarah The art of walking in style. Margaret EXTREME! Walking on the EDGE! Next week’s...
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By Geo Ong That chronic travel bug inside me has awakened from its dormant slumber and as of late re-emerged to make itself known again. Shockingly, if you exclude my move to New York and my brief...
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