In the morning the city Spreads its wings Making a song In stone that sings.  In the evening the city Goes to bed Hanging lights About its head. - Langston Hughes  How to navigate a city? Let me count the ways. In some cities, there are many more ways than others. Generally speaking, East Coast cities have [...]

  Testing the Typepad app. Me making hor d'oeurves and a peach and berry cobbler tonight (Pacific Northwest style!) for our first ever dinner guests, Tom and Polly. Before dinner of salmon, sautéed kale with garlic and walnuts, and brown rice, we had crackers with goat cheese produced on the land Will grew up on [...]

Near Fell's Point in Baltimore, on my way back from taking Michaela to work. She's learning to drive. I figure the East Coast is a good place to learn how to drive defensively, as long as you don't get killed in the process. East Coast drivers are insane.  Anyway, driving around Baltimore is in stark [...]

She walked by just as I was taking the shot. This little old lady next to the tall, glass, modern building in SOHO, filled with architects sitting down for a presentation, those builders and definers of the urban space. While in New York last week, my senses were heightened of course, as they always are [...]

Elle presque respire. She almost breathes. Will picked up my powder-coated frame on Wednesday from a warehouse in Greektown. As you can see, it's a super shiny turquoise. Initially, I wanted it robin's egg blue or ballet pink, matte-finish, but these colors did not exist where I had the bike done. So, I just kind of [...]