Sound and the city

Published in Curbed by Vox, January 2020. Story link / Archived link. Sound and the city Urban silence is increasingly endangered—and primarily available to those who can pay for it InIn London’s Kew Gardens grows the Encephalartos woodii—a cycad brought from South Africa in 1899. It’s the only member of its species ever found, but my thoughts about theContinue reading “Sound and the city”

Why Lush Stores Smell Like That

Published in Racked at Vox, April 2017. Article link / Archived link. Why Lush Stores Smell Like That You can smell it from a block away, but what’s going on with that scent? You’ll know the Lush smell — even if you’ve never stepped foot inside a branch, you’re probably familiar with it, as theContinue reading “Why Lush Stores Smell Like That”