http://alissapajer.org Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:46:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I went on a Yellow Bike Tour of Amsterdam. Today I ate the best apple pie ever at the cafe De Winkel. Tomorrow I will leave for Berlin at 4:30 in the morning. http://alissapajer.org/past-present-future.html I created a conceptual map of Amsterdam that maps the areas in the city that have the highest concentrations of bicycles. I began my walk at what I call “bicycle central,” which is a four-floor parking garage for bicycles next to Centraal Station. Per square meter, this spot has the ... http://alissapajer.org/bicycle-map.html 1) I went to the movies today and saw Snakes on a Plane. When I bought my ticket, I had my first real conversation in Dutch with the man at the cash register. The conversation went like this: Alissa: “Snakes on a Plane” Man (in Dutch): “Will you pay for that in ... http://alissapajer.org/three-random-tidbits.html Today I visited the Waag Society, which is a research and production institution that focuses on the implications and uses of new media in education, culture, and the public domain. The directors of the Waag Society shared some of their past and current projects with us, and in turn, we ... http://alissapajer.org/mortar-and-bricks.html The beginning. I did laundry this morning, and now my clothes are clean. But if it were not for the help of a nice woman in the laundromat my clothes would still be dirty. The setup of the laundromat was different than any laundromat I had been in before. To ... http://alissapajer.org/laundry.html When you drive out of Amsterdam into the countryside, there are cows and sheep everywhere. The city ends abruptly; vast fields take the place of the crooked buildings, and it is impossible to tell that the city lies just a few kilometers away. Today I went into the countryside to play ... http://alissapajer.org/cows-and-sheep-everywhere.html This afternoon I took a five hour walk around Amsterdam. I don’t know exactly where I went, and I like it that way. I find it hard to enjoy a city if I am constantly looking at a map. If I have to reach a specific destination at a specific ... http://alissapajer.org/a-long-walk.html This evening I embarked on another Ultimate adventure. I went to the first winter practice of Crunch. The practice was in the evening and outdoors under the lights. When I left my hotel to walk to the field, I could see stars in the sky; there was no sign of ... http://alissapajer.org/forever-ago.html I like to watch people dance because I like how the human body moves. While I watch people dance, often I forget that I am watching live people; I see them as three-dimensional figures, not as as fellow human beings. Yesterday evening I watched people dance in Carmen, a ballet ... http://alissapajer.org/dance.html In art museums all of the visitors are on the same level; the museum owns the art, and the visitors are there to look at it. But in galleries and art fairs, everyone is not on the same level: some people are lookers and others are buyers. Lookers are there ... http://alissapajer.org/ideas-are-not-art.html