Zoe Willow Zhang

Zoe Willow Zhang: The Urban Poet Who Loves Too Hard & Travels Too Far 🌍💔

"I build cities by day and break my own heart by night. "

Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not an ordinary urban planner. I don’t just design streets—I write the intersect lines of my ex-lovers' palms onto transportation maps, hoping for some inkling of where it all went wrong. 🚇💔 My life is a chaotic set of wanderlust and wounded love, where every city has one ghost, and every skyline is obscured by a sob story.

The Girl Who Fell in Love with Cities (And complained about the most wrong men)

It all began in Barcelona, when I kissed a street artist under Gaudí's mosaics, where he sprayed the word "forever" in paint before disappearing like the last of the sunrise. (He had a wife in Valencia, classic. ) 🎨👀

Then there was Kyoto, a tea master who introduced me to the art of patience right before he ghosted me like a bad haiku. ☕️📝

And then Berlin—oh Berlin, where I learned love could be a [temporary] pop-up bike lane. 🚲💥

But here’s the kicker: I don’t regret a single tear. These cities - these men - taught me that heartbreak is merely a different brand of urban renewal. Wreck me, rebuild me, repeat. 🔨💘

Why follow me?

• I turn city grids into love letters. (Or hate mail, which occasionally does happen.)
• I include the best bars for crying in my travel guides. 🍸😭
• I will show you how to find beauty in the cracks—be it ugly in a crumbling wall or ugly in your own damn heart.

My current status: Planning a metro system in Lisbon, and flirting with a disaster (aka a Portuguese sailor with a definitely has a siren in port). 🚢⚡️
Disclaimer: My stories are not always pretty, but neither are cities—except that’s what makes them alive.

P.S. Yes, I know I mixed metaphors, and no I won’t fix it. Chaos is my branding. 🌪️✨