Author Archives: Elizabeth Pizzuti

Things you probably don’t know about Plaza Mayor

Plaza Mayor is the busiest place in Madrid, maybe with the exception of Plaza del Sol. There are a million tourists, street performers, Spaniards with their children, and of course the ever present pick-pockets. I was overwhelmed by this area when we first visited because places like this remind me of Times Square in NewContinue reading “Things you probably don’t know about Plaza Mayor”

Great videos from Death cab for Cutie and La Roux

I guess they filmed this entire video in one shot. Impressive. I especially like the projections behind the band near the end of the song. I also wanted to include the La Roux video, Bulletproof, but they disabled embedding. Sigh. Well you can see the video on youtube here. My favorite part is after aboutContinue reading “Great videos from Death cab for Cutie and La Roux”

Creepy dollhouse and even creepier story

In the North-east corner of the Plaza de Cibeles, which I wrote about earlier, there is an imposing building, the Palacio de Linares, which was restored in the 1990’s to its current incarnation as the Casa de América. During construction in 1990, there were many odd occurrences in the house. Doors were opening by themselves,Continue reading “Creepy dollhouse and even creepier story”

Things I learned in school

Tomorrow at work I have a thirty minute presentation (mostly in Spanish) about myself, what I’ve learned in my life so far, and the work I do outside of Base. Especially since it’s the end of the year, it feels like quite a fitting time to look back at my years at school and summarizeContinue reading “Things I learned in school”

City Projects and Platforms for Social Interaction

Wierd. I’m finally using the new format for blogger and it’s really different. I feel like I’m typing into an open void. Well… Anyways, I’m having a few ideas flying around in my head and I’d like to pin them down on the page. So I mentioned a few days ago that I have thisContinue reading “City Projects and Platforms for Social Interaction”

Some inspiration for this week and weekend

I have an idea. I’m designing it now but I really need some inspiration. Here’s what’s getting me going.  Nomed font by Med Ness Anton Pearson Looks a bit like Verlag, no? Rodrigo Maltchique Braga Rodrigo Maltchique Braga Images from designspiration.net (via my rss feed). I LOVE my iGoogle home page. In addition to myContinue reading “Some inspiration for this week and weekend”