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The Importance of Knowing (and Accepting) Who You Are as Demonstrated by the Building Insulation Practices of New Zealand and Sweden
By Sarah Jost New Zealand has a fairly temperate climate most of the year, particularly in the North Island. While the South Island gets its fair share of snow, the North Island remains about 50 degrees Fahrenheit throughout winter. To … Continue reading
Camping with the Urchins
As you may have deduced from some of our articles and pictures, the Urchins are an outdoorsy trio. Margaret loves to run, climb, bike, swim, and travel at wild speeds on boards of various design. Sarah finds any excuse to … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Collaborative, Travel
Tagged ambury regional park, campgrounds, camping, caprock state park, dentists, manukau harbour, New Zealand, safari, sheep, skunks, snakes, texas
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Oh, the Places We Write!
Part of being a writer is being prepared to write whenever and wherever the urge/necessity strikes. For us, this has meant some pretty interesting places. Be it for a weekly Urchin meetings, writing an article, or just jotting down some … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism
Tagged beach, computers, France, inspiration, mcdonalds, Mediterranean Sea, New Zealand, nice, notebooks, writers, writing, writing practices
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New Zealand Sunsets
By Sarah Jost Over the past six months in New Zealand, one of the most surreal and beautiful experiences has been seeing the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean and set over the Tasman Sea. New Zealand’s unpolluted atmosphere and … Continue reading
Should Election Day Be Moved to a Weekend?
By Sarah Jost Only 56% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections (the highest percentage since 1968). Compare this figure with 95% voter turnout in Australia, 79% in New Zealand, and 65% in the United Kingdom. … Continue reading
Travelling with the Urchins
No, we’re not announcing a new sweepstakes. We’re here to regale you with more stories, that’s all. We speak of travelling quite often on this here blog, but what would the each of us choose as our very best, most … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Travel
Tagged hongi, New Zealand, rally to restore sanity, road trip, van, washington dc
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3rd Annual Urchie Award Nominations, Part 2
Briton of the Year Daniel Radcliffe Carey Mulligan Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge Best Bookstore City Lights, San Francisco Greenlight Bookstore, … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Film & Television, The Urchies, Travel, Urchin Eats
Tagged atlas cafe new york, best bookstore, best high noon picture, Best Restaurant, best television show, birds of a feather, bookstore, Briton of the Year, canada, carey mulligan, catherine middleton, city lights bookstore, cool customer, daniel radcliffe, DIY, downton abbey, greenlight, New Zealand, northshire bookstore, perfect couples, peru, Taos Pizza Outback, the chicago diner, The Daily Show, urchin travel destination of the year
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3rd Annual Urchie Award Nominations, Part 1
As actors, writers, politicians, and musicians everywhere anxiously stare at their phones hoping for calls from their agents, we’re here to announce the 2012 Urchie Award Nominees. In a year when political and environmental stakes were higher than ever, artists … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel, Urchin Eats
Tagged a separation, armie hammer, artist of the year, atlas cafe new york city, berenice bejo, Best Actress, best bookstore, Best Restaurant, best television show, Book of the Year, Briton of the Year, brooklyn, canada, carey mulligan, catherine middleton, Citizens of London, city lights, daniel radcliffe, Destination of the Year, dilettante, downton abbey, elizabeth warren, film of the year, gary oldman, green in the new red, greenlight bookstore, j. edgar, joan didion, john steinbeck, lonely boy, lynne olson, Meryl Streep, New Zealand, nicki minaj, northshire bookstore, Octavia Spencer, perfect couples, peru, Peter Jon Lindberg, peyman moadi, philippe cousteau, portugal. the man, san francisco, st vincente, super bass, Taos Pizza Outback, the artist, the black keys, the chicago diner, The Daily Show, The Help, The Iron Lady, tinker tailor soldier spy, travels with charley, tune-yards, Will Potter, writer of the year
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What Will 2012 Bring?
With the holidays dwindling down and the old year coming to an end, the Urchins look forward to the new year, and we want to share with you what excites us most about 2012. Possibilities. By the time 2012 arrives, … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Holidays
Tagged 2012, adventure, colorado, durango, moving, new year, new york city, New Zealand
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Are You Feeling Christmas-y?
By Sarah Jost British comedian and dearly beloved Urchin favourite person Michael McIntyre has a joke about not feeling Christmas-y. Everyone’s been there. ‘I don’t know what it is, but I’m just not feeling Christmas-y. Are you feeling Christmas-y? I … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Sarah
Tagged chicago, Christmas-y, cold, Kiwi Christmas, Michael McIntyre, New Zealand
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