Alexander Stuart

The world's most beautiful address.  Photograph  copyright © 2016 Alexander Chow-Stuart. Very surprised and chuffed to learn from a friend, Kent Rosen, that  our visit to Apple for Hudson's seventh birthday to meet with Jony Ive  is mentioned in a new book about the company, Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky. Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky. Our trip to Apple was thanks to the kind and ever glorious Stephen Fry, a wonderful friend of ours for many years. Jony was extremely kind to Hudson and to all of us. We really had no idea just how vital he was and is to Apple's success when we met him.  Thanks to Adam Lashinsky. Good luck with your book. Here is the link to my account of Hudson's seventh birthday visit to Apple . If you enjoyed this post, please follow me on Twitter  @alexanderchow .   And please  subscribe to this blog via email by clicking here.

Photograph  copyright © 2016 Alexander Chow-Stuart. The waves, and the light, on the beach in Santa Cruz for these moments in my brief YouTube video were awesome.  The wooden posts only appear in winter - remnants of an ancient jetty, although there were also old railroad tracks that ran literally at the water's edge, all the way up to San Francisco, I believe.  The posts are only visible in winter. In summer, they are buried by the sand, which the ocean tears away in winter months, completely reshaping the beach and filling the harbor mouth (if it weren't dredged). If you enjoyed this post, please follow me on Twitter  @alexanderchow .   And please  subscribe to this blog via email by clicking here.

My review of David Bowie's legendary Ziggy Stardust Rainbow Theatre show in 1972. ( These are fragmentary thoughts, first started around 4am on Sunday night/Monday morning, when I learned about David Bowie's death. ) A post I wrote about David Bowie's legendary Ziggy Stardust concert at London's Rainbow Theatre. I was seventeen at the time!  I somehow never quite imagined David Bowie's death, listening to Rock'n'Roll Suicide all those years ago. He went with grace. Peace. Commander Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie's Space Oddity on the International Space Station. See the extraordinary video at the bottom of this post. Beautiful thought from Tumblr: the accumulation of Bowie being played all over the world right now must be enough to hear from space. I hope he can hear it. One of the most beautiful renditions of David Bowie's music (YouTube video below): Seu Jorge - Rock n' roll Suicide , from Wes Anderso

I did not expect to wake to this: #DavidBowie: legendary rock star dies aged 69 – latest updates from The Guardian: http://gu.com/p/4fy2e?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Photograph  copyright © 2015 Alexander Chow-Stuart. Happy New Year 2016 to all our friends in Europe, Asia and elsewhere...and soon here in America ✨🍾💫