Listen to Tuesday: How do you discover new music?

Tuesday May 21st, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |

#1 Pandora If you’re living in the USA, Australia or New Zealand, then you probably already know about Pandora internet radio. If you don’t live in the USA, Australia or New Zealand, today I’m going to tell you how to access Pandora anyway. I’ve known about the existence of Pandora for a while, but because [...]

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Pin It Forward: Introducing Pinterest UK!

Saturday May 18th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |
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Today I’m really excited, because I finally get to tell you guys about the Pinterest UK campaign! Pinterest is a site that needs no introduction – an online pin board and tool for collecting, organising and sharing beautiful ideas and images from all over the web. I’ve been a fan of Pinterest for a while [...]

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Photo Friday: The Red City, Marrakech, Morocco

Friday May 17th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |

Marrakech is known as the Red City. Even simply flying over, it’s not difficult to see why – against the desert sun, the red clay of the city is the first thing that strikes you about it. Almost all the walls are some shade of clay, brick-red. When you look out over the Old City, [...]

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Listen to Tuesday: Will Stratton, Post-empire

Tuesday May 14th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |

Will Stratton’s music seems to straddle a variety of genres – sometimes ambient, mostly folk, but altogether decidedly indie. Post-Empire, released in 2012, is Stratton’s fourth album and a subtle one that doesn’t claim to be anything in particular. It remains interesting with some deliberate tonal dissonances that produce a raw edge to the sound. [...]

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Getting pampered in Marrakech, Morocco

Sunday May 12th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |

It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is nothing – nothing – better than a good massage. Armed with this truth, I was looking forward to my first ever experience in a Moroccan hammam. A Moroccan hammam is roughly the equivalent of the Turkish bath, which is in itself a type of sauna. While [...]

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Photo Friday: Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech, Morocco

Friday May 10th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |

I was expecting a lot of desert in Morocco. Well, I wasn’t entirely wrong – there is a lot of desert, but there is a lot of green, too. Especially so here in the Majorelle Garden, named after the French artist Jacques Majorelle, who designed and landscaped this 12-acre piece of lush, green land. I [...]

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Listen to Tuesday: Man of Steel OST

Tuesday May 7th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |
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The newest Man of Steel trailer is out, and I’m getting excited for this film! I haven’t really been following Superman, but by the looks of it this film is going to be good. Also – did anyone notice that Russell Crowe is Jor-El? I don’t think I’ll ever be able to look at him [...]

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Summer style in Morocco

Sunday May 5th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |
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Helloooooooooo summer! After a good six months of cold and grey overcast sky here in Scotland, I was ready for some nice warm sunny days – and that’s why I booked myself plane tickets to Morocco. Now, if you remember a while back I was talking about doing the Hitch to Morocco, a Link Community [...]

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Photo Friday: Beauty queen Iceland

Friday May 3rd, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |
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Dear Iceland, we have established that I am very much in love with you. We have established that your glacier-carved landscapes, waterfalls, volcanic sand beaches and songs of fire and ice are parallel to none (and that is, of course, why parts of Game of Thrones were filmed there). If there ever were a beauty [...]

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Listen to Tuesday: The Oh Hello’s

Tuesday April 30th, 2013 by Cheryl Keit Ang |
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I was recently introduced The Oh Hello’s, an indie folk brother and sister duo from Texas – and honestly, what is there not to love about sibling groups?! Indie folk has recently become one of my favourite genres of music – reminiscent of faraway lands and carefree happiness, indie folk is one of those genres [...]

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