If I said I were the outdoorsy type, I would be lying. One with nature I am not. I prefer my day to day life regulated, with reliable transport, data, and stimulation: addicted to the grid, I am 100% a city girl. But occasionally I get cajoled into trying new things, and so my firstContinue reading #2029 | Upstate New York: Roadtripping to Catskills
I’d been angling for snow ever since my arrival in New York. I blame this on a variety of reasons – an overly romanticised idea of white powdered fluff, the dreams of my eighteen year old self, and that damned white christmas song. As life would have it, the winter I lived in New YorkContinue reading #2005 | On loving, leaving, and snow
New York, AmericaWhat is it about the big city that has had me head over heels for the last four years? i first flirted with new york four years ago at the tender age of eighteen, a coming-of-age gift to myself, a month alone in the big city. But it was naive to think thatContinue reading #1996 | things you cannot explain
Seoul, Korea airbnb.com/jemma this listing Happy freakin new year y’all! For the past, well, year, I’ve been nonstop traveling and working and studying (yes it is still a thing you guys) and now that it’s the new year I figure its time to kickstart my travel guides again because even though I’ve been posting aContinue reading #1993| Bachelorette Pad Dreams – Airbnb in Seoul
. Ah, Paris. They say that third time’s a charm, but in truth every visit I’ve made to Paris has been a unique experience that remains memorable in its own special way. In July, one of my closest girlfriends and I took an overnight bus from London to Paris – and it being her firstContinue reading #1978 | Jemma for Airbnb: Living under the Eiffel
Top: Love Bonito | Skirt: Supre | Coat: Friend’s | Bag: Gift from friend | Hair by HairloomSydney, Australia. All photos taken with the Nikon D750 on a 35mm lens These visuals were shot in the street behind our airbnb apartment in Syndey – which was really a refurbished warehouse, but that’s a story forContinue reading #1972 | Golden hour Golden hair
Grid Checkered Dress c/o MDS Collections | White Lindee Workbag c/o Sandytrove | Nude Loafers: Zalora SGOsaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Osaka is weird. It’s no Tokyo, that’s to be sure, but neither is it stuffed and sewn with culture, like Kyoto. Instead, walking along the streets of Osaka, giant plastic figurinesContinue reading #1957 | Osaka Diaries
Kyoto, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Right before coming to Kyoto I picked up Memoirs of a Geisha from a book sale, which I promptly devoured within a night. There’s just something about historical novels that enchant me – long time readers will be familiar with Philippa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl, anotherContinue reading #1948| Jemma for Airbnb: Keeping with the Kyotians
Kimono Girl goes to Starbucks. Kimono Girl figuring out convenience stores. Kimono Girl makes a friend. Kimono Girl tries to understand train ticketing systems. Kimono Girl waits for a train. Kimono Girl and Newfound Friends are introduced to modern technology. Kyoto, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500May, 2015. We went to Kyoto, culturalContinue reading #1942| Kimono Girl Goes To: Photo Diary
Top: Lovebonito | Skirt: Bangkok | Bag: Colette by Colette Hayman | Hat: Klarra | Necklace: The Ordinary Co Vientiane, Laos. I have to clarify right now that I never took geography, I have an atrocious sense of direction, and I’m just not the best when it comes to fun facts, okay? That’s why weContinue reading #1932| Meandering along the Mekong