There are lots of unexpected influences -- No Doubt, Fugazi, the Strokes, the Beatles -- but the feeling is one of casual exploration, not desperate reinvention.
Many areas were regenerated for the 2010 World Cup, but there are still some dodgy suburbs on the northern edge of the Central Business District (CBD); avoid casual exploration of Hillbrow, Berea and Joubert Park.
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What was supposed to be a casual late-December exploration of this New Mexican cultural hub wound up becoming a full-on chocolate extravaganza in which I dragged my husband, Jay, to a new exhibit, "New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más," at Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art, and to several chocolate artisans around town.
"This will be an extracurricular space for all levels of exploration, from casual experimenters to seasoned entrepreneurs and inventors," says Brian Stansky, senior director of the FastForward program at Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures, which manages the new facility.
Later tales such as My Tango With Barbara Strozzi (2008), may seem casual, with their exorbitant explorations of sex and the London Underground and the demi-mondaine of Fulham.
In an exploration of the Casual Encounters world, more than 100 e-mail messages were sent to users requesting interviews before the recent murders.
And yet, despite her apparent belief in the value of casual sex as a tool of exploration and feminist thinking, Rosin, too, seemed to conclude that casual sex cannot be a meaningful end goal.
The young soul revivalist is giving a casual concert he calls "Jazz Experiments and Explorations".
Horgan's exploration of marital disharmony, that sometimes casual cruelty sprung from a mid-life panic, sees Parker step into a more mature role.
Careful planning of interviews is always important, but casual conversations can lead to fruitful and spontaneous explorations when it comes time to record.
