MUSIC The Only Place by Best Coast
Home for the holidays this past weekend. I heart LA but I hate the traffic. When I get bored I like to stare at the mountains and the trees, definitely.
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Wendell
QUOTE from Wendell Berry
The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection.
The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection.
11/8/12
Trip
TRIP San Jose to Seattle to Spokane to Philadelphia to New York to Boston to San Jose
General purpose: develop connections and opinions in the world of cities and landscapes
General theme: 'collaboration' and 'diversity'
Modes of transport: plane, car, taxi, bus, train, subway, bike, foot
Events: Society of American Foresters Convention/Spokane Convention Center, Demystifying Design/UPenn, A Japanese Lesson for Progressive School Design/NYC American Institute of Architecture, Open House/Harvard GSD.
Parks: Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown P-Patch Community Garden, The Rodin Museum and Garden, Central Park, The High Line (from below), Charles River Reservation, Boston Public Garden
# of Starbucks encountered: at least 25
Best meal: $9 pork confit hash breakfast from Sante in Spokane. Local bacon, duck egg, potatoes, collard greens, pepper confiture, parmesan, baguette.
Fanciest drink: The Bartender's Choice from the Ranstead Room in Philadelphia
Favorite neighborhood: West Philly
First hurricane: Sandy
Most unexpected scenes: Manhattan in the dark, Northeastern frat party, revolutionary war re-enactment troupe
Coziest room stay: Irving House in Cambridge, bed and breakfast, in a little room with a big window, with free tea and cookies, with a book I took called, A Short History of a Small Place, by T.R. Pearson.
General purpose: develop connections and opinions in the world of cities and landscapes
General theme: 'collaboration' and 'diversity'
Modes of transport: plane, car, taxi, bus, train, subway, bike, foot
Events: Society of American Foresters Convention/Spokane Convention Center, Demystifying Design/UPenn, A Japanese Lesson for Progressive School Design/NYC American Institute of Architecture, Open House/Harvard GSD.
Parks: Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown P-Patch Community Garden, The Rodin Museum and Garden, Central Park, The High Line (from below), Charles River Reservation, Boston Public Garden
# of Starbucks encountered: at least 25
Best meal: $9 pork confit hash breakfast from Sante in Spokane. Local bacon, duck egg, potatoes, collard greens, pepper confiture, parmesan, baguette.
Fanciest drink: The Bartender's Choice from the Ranstead Room in Philadelphia
Favorite neighborhood: West Philly
First hurricane: Sandy
Most unexpected scenes: Manhattan in the dark, Northeastern frat party, revolutionary war re-enactment troupe
Coziest room stay: Irving House in Cambridge, bed and breakfast, in a little room with a big window, with free tea and cookies, with a book I took called, A Short History of a Small Place, by T.R. Pearson.
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