South Africa: Durban I didn’t know much about Durban, South Africa before I got there. I knew it was on the coast, that it was warmer than Cape Town, and that I was attending a wedding about an hour and forty five minutes away in… Read More »Visiting Durban, South Africa: The Final Stop
A trip to South Africa wouldn’t be complete without a safari in Kruger. Kruger is one of the world’s largest game reserves, covering 7,500 square miles. For my South Africa Safari, I booked a three-day Kruger Safari through MoAfrika Tours, which included transportation from Johannesburg,… Read More »South Africa Safari
Inside Johannesburg’s infamous Ponte City Tower shaped by apartheid, urban decay and renewal. Before arriving at Ponte City Tower, my taxi driver spent the ride warning me how dangerous the neighborhood was. Even in daylight, he said, he disliked driving through the area known as… Read More »Inside Ponte City Tower
The first part of my trip to South Africa was spent exploring Cape Town. My friend Robynne, who now lives in London, is from there and was back visiting her parents before the wedding and my friend Nicara, just moved back to Durban. We decided… Read More »Exploring Cape Town: Things to do and Impressions
My trip to South Africa almost didn’t happen. Between a war rerouting flights through the Middle East and unpaid TSA agents walking off the job, I didn’t know if I was even going to be able to get out of New York. I had been… Read More »South Africa: Getting There & Back
My goal was to pass all the architecture licensure exams (AREs) by my birthday last September. That didn’t happen. After my two-week whirlwind of taking all six exams last May, I took a week or two off and restarted studying on weekends starting May 31st,… Read More »On the Path to Architect Licensure: Taking the AREs, Again
New Museum Extension (Toby Devan Lewis Building) How can a building be so new, but at the same time feel so old? That’s what the extension to the New Museum, designed by OMA, feels like. Closed for the last few years, it opened to the… Read More »New, Already Old Museum
For the last few years, my aunt and uncle have rented a house in Palm Springs. My family members have joined them, but I’ve never had the chance until this year. It was my first time going to Palm Springs and my second time going… Read More »Mid-Century Modern Haven: Palm Springs
Walking around Bed Stuy East of Pratt, you notice a clear departure from the classic Brooklyn brownstone architecture. The facades feel busier. The details feel added rather than original and the architecture speaks a different language. That’s because this area overlaps with a large Hasidic… Read More »Hasidic Architecture in Bed Stuy
Every year, my goal is to read 52 books. 52 books for 52 weeks of the year. This year I came up 10 short. The first few months of the year were consumed by studying for the AREs (blog post). From January 20th until the… Read More »Reading Resolutions: A Reflection of 2025 Reads