Bombay Finds: Green The Gap

As much as I love cooking, I wasn’t feeling like putting together ‘dinner-for-one’ last night. The hubs was traveling on work so after meeting with some friends last evening, I wandered around Pali Naka and ordered some take-out for dinner. While I was waiting, I decided to explore the area a little bit and I found this cute little store called Green The Gap: The Upcycle Store. Right up my alley of interests so of course I went in and I was so impressed! It’s not just recycling for the sake of recycling. This is seriously cool recycling. They had super stylish handbags made of recycled rubber and waste fabrics. Coasters made of old CDs, and tetra packs, organic t-shirts, etc.

But my favourite find were this cute little cards. At first glance you think, “Oh nice. Handmade paper, cute designs”…

And then you look at the back, and there’s adorable little stamp of an elephant’s behind and on a closer inspection, you realise that these cards have been made from ELEPHANT POO!

I mean, how genius is that? The little description on the bottom says, “Made using only the finest dung available in India.”

Love love love.

Check out other cool stuff at Green The Gap.

Published: Indian A&B for Gaurav Roy Choudhury

Project: Lateral House Location: Bangalore Architect: Gaurav Roy Choudhury Published in Indian A & B

Another architectural shoot I did for a friend, Gaurav. I shot architecture for the first time with Gaurav a year ago and fell in love with it. It’s a great change of pace from the madness that is Wedding Photography! Just as much hard work, but slower and more calculated.

This project has been published so many times it’s hard to keep track! This month it has been published in the Indian version of Architect and Builder Magazine. Haven’t managed to get my hands on a copy yet but this is what I found on the online preview.

Also published in Archdaily in August, 2013:

Bombay Times. Post 1 of many.

I think this image is a pretty good summation of my life at the moment:

1. Work desk. Tapping away at my keyboard Lightroom shortcuts. Editing thousands of images from two very very differently amazing shoots in Calcutta and Bangalore.

2. Yoga pants. My new favourite item of clothing. So comfortable. And, I joined a yoga class yesterday which I love and am planning to be a regular at. Working out with a group is just SO much more motivating than trying to keep up with an exercise video on my computer. (I still love you Jillian Michaels. If it weren’t for your yoga videos, I would have been lost in class yesterday.)

3. Apple Crumble. Experimenting in the kitchen. Turns out keeping a home running functionally is a full-time job. Food doesn’t just appear; you have to make it. And making it isn’t as simple as throwing something together; you have to plan it. Same goes with the laundry, garbage, clean floors and toilets. etc, etc. I knew this before but I’m only truly appreciating it now. And I’m incredibly awed at how my own parents did it for us for all these years seemingly effortlessly. It’s not effortless. It’s hard work.

Life is hard work. But life is good.