Category Archive: travel

Ode to the SüdWest Stadt

Isidore Tillers considers the aesthetic, the smells (and the doors) of Karlsruhe’s SüdWest Stadt: I’ve been living (on-and-off) in the South-Western German city of Karlsruhe for the best part of a year. Life as a… Read More

Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction!

Fact-of-the-day: In New York City, the law allows toplessness by both men and women. This is good news for the Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, who meet up to do their al… Read More

The (deep fried) Texas State Fair

Three hours north of Austin, up the deathly straight tarmac of Highway 35, an even more lethal congestion of charming southerners slightly losing their grace awaited me, in the tight side streets of… Read More

Aussie’s best mixologists do battle

This June, Australia’s leading mixologists competed for the prestigious title of the country’s Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year, and a not-too-shabby $100,000 prize at the National Finals at The Star,… Read More

Win a Racing Experience at Silverstone!

Somethingyousaid.com is giving you the opportunity to take your driving skills to Silverstone. For freeeeeee! Read on: Having gained my preliminary driving license in Australia at the ripe old age of twenty-one, I… Read More

Hope, pride & harmony at Barunga

Barunga Festival: Gurrumul, John Butler and a big slice of real Indigenous Australia. How much should Australians know about their Indigenous people? About the clans, the languages, the Dreamtime, the rituals and the… Read More

Boston stays strong, never forgets

Nearly two months after the Boston Marathon bombings, the memorial near the site of the blasts continues to expand. Wellwishers, mourners, vistors and locals place flowers, signs, running shoes and teddy bears to… Read More

The Best European Summer Festivals

The countdown to European summertime has begun, which means Festival season is so close you can pretty-much smell it. It’s the smell of unwashed awesomeness. However, because there are  gazillions of amazing events to… Read More

Marc Janus connects in a different way

I met Madrid-based painter, Marc Janus, while travelling in Panama. Marc is the kind of person that inspires you to want to make yourself more interesting and to interact with people in a different… Read More

Olly Goes on a Taco Quest

  Somethingyousaid.com’s Oliver Heath travels the world searching for the perfect taco. Then finds love at home in Sydney: There’s a tingle to tequila that feels like you’re drinking it with your spine.… Read More

Eight ecstatic moments from SXSW

Harriet Cheney headed to South-By-South-West for the first time and experienced some magical moments: DAY ONE – TUESDAY The way it works: You can purchase a SXSW badge (from $600 for music) in… Read More

Win Free Tickets To SPIN London!

If you consider there to be few things hotter than a well-dressed lady/fellow riding a nice bicycle, then you should probably get yourself along to the world’s first urban-focused bicycle consumer show &… Read More