A shift worth tracking, well before the market decided it was premium: notes on no-lo, and four recipes built to prove the case. Eventually, Normal. created its own non- and low-alcoholic bar brand, NOLO! in Seoul, Korea. Each year, an estimated 60,000 people give up drinking for Sober October. About a fifth of UK adultsContinue reading “Wonders of non-alcoholic cocktails (and 4 of my best recipes)”
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Descent into baloney we must fix
Notes on digital nomadism as the new overtourism, filed from Ubud and Canggu, Bali. June 2021. Boisterous bullfrogs wake me up earlier than usual. They’ve been going literally since three in the morning, went on for 30 minutes, stopped and started again at six, they haven’t stopped since. I am not in favor of killingContinue reading “Descent into baloney we must fix”
On eating wholesome – sattvic diet (plus recipe)
If there is one thing that this Upside-Down-tragedy gave than took, it is my new found energy to peruse recipes I learned over the years and kick my hindside back to the stove. True, YouTube helped. So did Jamie Oliver’s army of mignons that dominate search rankings for any food item you google. But itContinue reading “On eating wholesome – sattvic diet (plus recipe)”
Cities, profit from this
As I write this story I glance down from my perch in Seoul. On this particularly crisp October morning I was enjoying a cup of Fall Blend on the terrace of a coworking café. Groups of young men dressed in the sharp, telltale style of consultants in their first year on the job (navy suit,Continue reading “Cities, profit from this”
This time is different
This blog is called the Minimalist Travels for a reason. It’s supposed to be an observation of the world that surrounds me and be a witness to the beautiful and express it with minimalist prose. Yet, this morning it is the brutalist ugly that compels me to be a witness to. As the tv, print and online media re-peddleContinue reading “This time is different”