Category Archives: singers, songwriters, djs

stranded with einstein on the beach

When we lived in Cameroon, we spent a lot of time in the car, skittling gun-weilding police at roadblocks, heading to the black sand beaches at Limbe or my French teacher’s beach hut in Kribi. A couple of hours in … Continue reading

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nadia ackerman and the ocean master

You may not know her face (unless you’ve been lurking around i am not a celebrity since the beginning or are a regular on the live music scene in New York), but I wager that most of you have heard her … Continue reading

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tumblr tuesdays: pretty cooks, wild foxes and lots of dancing +++

Pinterest may have turned my head this week, but Tumblr still has my heart. Mostly because of the alliteration. Pinterest Tuesdays just doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it?

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nadia ackerman: what is christmas?

Beautiful singer (AKA my friend Nadia Ackerman), cute graphics (that she drew herself), stop animation and Christmas spirit. What’s not to love? Available for download on iTunes.  Follow i am not a celebrity//twitter//facebook//bloglovin//tumblr//

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williamsburg flea: kika ny, nadia and me

I’d heard stuff about Williamsburg. It’s in New York. It’s bulging with hipsters, alternatives, creatives. The amateur anthropologist in me had wanted to go for a while. Nadia, who is also a mind reader (or we are actually two-halves of … Continue reading

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coffee break: girl panic + pierre hermé

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memory

I’ve just come back from four days in the Lake District with my friend, the supremely talented singer/songwriter Nadia Ackerman – and I’m sorry to say we didn’t visit a single mere or water. Instead, we used our time away from … Continue reading

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street style: new york city

In September last year, while in New York for fashion week, the lovely Nadia Ackerman introduced me to some of her pals over a cup of tea and vegan pasta on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. I’ve featured a couple of … Continue reading

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today, it’s a song and nothing more

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blue sky day

It’s probably got something to do with the beautiful spring day outside and the man who was nice to me a WH Smith when I bought a copy of Intelligent Life (check out the brilliant interview with US Vogue’s Grace Coddington), … Continue reading

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