Kristina Dryza

Living in rhythm

6th October 2011 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this

Oh my! Over a year since my last post. There really isn't a worthy explanation and I’m not even going to try. Let's just sweep it under the carpet like no time has passed and get on with the business of today. And what’s currently of interest to me is rhythm, which is in all creation, and what my future novel is about.
‘Grace and the Wind’ is a unique cross between...

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Post-holiday blues

2nd August 2010 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this

Back from holiday and since landing all I’ve done is complain that Tokyo isn’t Hawaii. I am a whining five-year-old wanting to time travel back to the beach paradise I left behind. I don’t want to deal with all the stuff that magically disappears when away, namely paying bills, unclogging drains, deleting spam and er, work. Put simply, get me out of here!
I know I’ve got to leave the sand...

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Down the rabbit hole

29th April 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this

I was working all weekend in Manhattan so couldn’t indulge in my favourite pastime of brunch. A friend once derided the whole American weekend brunch phenomenon and the queuing it induces declaring, “It’s eggs. You crazy people are queuing for eggs.”
The older I get the less I like queuing and the more I’m in NYC the more I ‘get’ that the enjoyment of the city comes from being in...

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Scented candles are the new flowers

27th January 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this

Flowers are there at all the most important moments in life – weddings, births, deaths – and CALMING PARK, a company whose candles are made in Grasse, France, believes there’s only one comparable modern day object, the scented candle.
To founder Olivier Rohrbach, scented candles embody the same symbolism and provide the equivalent desire we have from flowers – for them to act as our calm and still companions as we...

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47 things I learnt about Christmas parties

9th December 2009 | 3 comments | 2 people like this

With many Christmas parties to attend this week, as well as hosting my own at my home last Saturday night, I thought I'd share some of the lessons learnt. As they say, experience is the best teacher.
1. All anybody wants is to be invited somewhere. So don't stress too much about your party. You've already done the most important part - giving people a place to go. Mission accomplished. After...

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Summer Sonic Review

13th August 2009 | 5 comments | 1 person likes this

Expanded from two to three days for its 10th anniversary, the biggest international acts in the world just played the Summer Sonic music festival in Japan last weekend. Held simultaneously at sites in Tokyo and Osaka, the festival is seen as one of the highlights of the Japanese summer, and here’s why.
DAY ONE
Sliimy is the first artist signed under celebrity blogger Perez Hilton’s new record label, Perezcious Music. Dressed in...

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Sustainable Cities – ‘Long Live the City’

6th August 2009 | 0 comments | 2 people like this

I and others in the design industry - Tim Power, Ross Lovegrove, Ilse Crawford, Arik Levy, Patricia Urquiola, Satyendra Pakhale and Tom Dixon to name but a few - were recently interviewed for our thoughts on sustainable design. Specifically, what would the sustainable city of the future look like? What is the emerging city skyline of tomorrow?
Each of us was asked the same 10 questions by people involved in the...

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