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”
Belitung EcoBeach and surrounding islands
Field notes from Belitung, Indonesia, made while Normal . was scoping concept and site programming for Belitung EcoBeach. 2019. When Davide (pseudonym) first made an appearance in my office with an hour notice and announced he owned one-tenth of Belitung Island and that he’s wanting advice for developing that area as socially and environmentally responsibleContinue reading “Belitung EcoBeach and surrounding islands”