LAURA
a collection of lists about things that i find interesting
Current hobbies
- Photography
- Tennis
- Reading
- Going to the beach
Things I'm currently learning
- Cantonese
- How to play tennis
- How to surf
Things I find interesting
- Urban planning
- Map-making
- Data visualization
- Cities, landscapes, and the ways people move through them
Things I've done
- Swam for most of my life
- Played water polo in college
- Went skydiving for a friend’s 18th birthday
Maps I've made
Land use map of San Antonio, TX
Suitable nesting habitats for terrapins in NJ
Suitable habitat models for winter flounder in the Gulf of Maine
Favorite books
- All the Light We Cannot See — Anthony Doerr
- Strange Pictures — Uketsu
- How to Say Babylon — Safiya Sinclair
- Stoner — John Williams
- Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro
- A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara
Cool places
- The Christian Science Plaza in Boston at sunset
- The Starbucks at Shibuya Crossing
- Hong Kong's MTR
- The bookstore at the French Embassy in NYC