Liani van der Westhuizen
The Sentimental City
Italo Calvino’s seminal book, Invisible Cities is a collection of dreamlike short stories about cities visited by the traveller Marco Polo. One of these stories is about the city of Zaira, where he recalls the longing of romantic places one cannot forget.
The Creative City
Creative Week Cape Town encouraged urbanites to "Fire the Box" and think, move and create to their hearts' desire, writes VISI blogger Liani van der Westhuizen.
Mellow yellow
A short note wishing the Mother City good luck with wooing the World Design Capital judges with the best the city has to offer.
Ring in the new year
Whilst strolling the unfamiliar streets of the Argentinian capital on the 31 December 2011, shreds of paper flew out of the windows of nearly all buildings in the microcenter. I was surprised and delighted by the occurrence...
Urban wallpaper
My daily view from the office changed dramatically over the last few weeks. A big yellow bulldozer flattened almost the entire city block across the road, leaving only mounts of rubble and chunks of concrete dangling off the last remaining steel bars.
A bolt from the blue
Next time you're feeling blue, admire the blue skies above you and marvel at the blue bits around you!
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