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Dance: 2012 Resolution

Maxine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:59:09 +0000

Girl Walk // All Day: Chapter 2 from Girl Walk // All Day on Vimeo.

One of our New Year’s Resolutions was to do a little more dancing. Here’s something to inspire you–Chapter 2 of a dance film called Girl Walk/All Day. Click here for more excerpts. Filmmakers Jacob Krupnick and Youngna Park.

TRAVEL: the wheels on the bus

Maxine — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:37:26 +0000

I had to share this with you, in case you missed it [via Apartment Therapy].

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“I was in no way looking to purchase a double-decker bus, but I had been considering ways to create my own unique environment for years,”

-Crystal Thomas, who bought a double-decker bus, to convert into a guest cottage.

Here’s the full interview with her, on Ready Made Magazine’s web-site.

Summer Camp Dreams

Maxine — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:35:27 +0000

I know most of us are too *adult* for summer camp, but every year, I still dream about it. Over the last decade, various programs have sprung up–programs that seem to recognize that adults want to continue to learn new skills, meet new people, and get a little summer camp feelin’ back in their lives. Some of these programs are new, while others have been around for decades. If you want to learn to make wood bowls, lithographs, furniture, viking boats, or documentary films, here’s a sampling of classes that might speak to those designers harboring additional art/craft fantasies:

PENLAND

Oxbow

Maine Media Workshops

Wooden Boat School

TRAVEL: JAPAN

Maxine — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:53:17 +0000

If you’re looking for a great adventure but can’t stomach something overtly and aggressively athletic, what about going to Japan, on a craft tour?