Anyway what I'm getting at is that I like to come up with equivalent cities. Not making any sense? Well look at it this way: in my mind London is the equivalent New York of England and vice versa.
I always try to find equivalent cities for Cape Town and the one that always seems to stick is San Francisco. I don't know if it's just the generally relaxed atmosphere, it's proximity to the ocean, the amount of hipster/indie people or its mutual acceptance of all creeds of people.
I might be talking absolute crap but this is just the way my brain works. What this whole rant is about is that whenever I see creative projects come out of San Francisco I feel a sort of attachment to it 'cause you know it's my equivalent city. God, I need sleep.
I think this is all why I am so utterly and completely enamoured with the latest lookbook of San Franciscan based boutique, Bell Jar.
Oh i totally know what you mean about equivalent cities! I always group Auckland, New Zealand as being like Sydney, Australia, and Wellington being like Melbourne. I think a lot of people would agree with that too.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, I totally know what you mean! I do the same thing for towns and smaller cities too. I'm glad to hear you think San Francisco is your equivalent city :) It's such a great city and BellJar is a really lovely shop!
ReplyDeleteI totally do that too! I've always paired San Francisco and Cape Town.
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