…starts ..
…in advance of the ‘Open Engagement‘ conference this weekend – with the Portland State University students of the Social Practice program – culminated with all day meetings and discussions while cooking a..
…is in now in theatrical release, coinciding with my my short U.S. visit, which was welcome news since it is the film that I have been waiting for months to see – so off to the local Portland theater (the ‘Living Room,’ where the audience tucks into a full-on dinner while watching the movie, which ..
…offers Argentinean, BBQ, Beer, Bosnian, Breakfast, British Isles, Cajun, Central Asian, Cheese Steaks, Chinese, Coffee, Comfort Food, Creperie, Cuban, Czech, Eastern European, Ethiopian, European, Fish and Chips, French, Fried Chicken, Fries, German, Gluten Free, Greek, Gyros, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Korean, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Mexican, Middle Eastern, New Mexican, North Pacific, ..
…on an appropriately rainy Pacific Northwest evening – where I will be engaged in a series of events, activities, talks, discussions and workshops related to the PSU ‘Open Engagement’ conference – che..
…is one of my happiest coziest familiar feel-at-home-kind-of places in the city, which provides a warm green escape in the depths of Minnesota winter and an early glimpse of spring on a not-quite-spring May day like today…
…are chasing each other around Minneapolis front yards reminding me of similar scenes from my childhood here – as I watch them publicly frolicking this afternoon, daring the earnest midwestern gardeners whose precious early spring plantings they are surely soon to..
…through the layers of spring LA basin haze – viewed from my window airplane seat on my way out, after just two days of dipping back into my old life in this town seems peculiar – and I’m wondering if my re-entry into a rambling space this vast can really feel like co..
…my home in LA for the first time in ten months, is bringing on welcome homey feelings – but the big shock is all of the growth I am seeing in the trees, plants, weeds, vines, and gardens after the endless winter rains that I missed here – and now a very green spring for ..
…is the best part of having to stop at SFO on my way from MFR to BUR this ..
…of southern Oregon – a relaxed, rough, rustic, hippie, wild, primitive, queer, and anything-goes kind of circumstance which is feeling like the most welcome and opposite sort of environment from Rome these days – is a brief 24 hour first stop on my speed..
…seen from above this morning are a surprising grid of spinning fans swimming in the sea under the flight path out of Schiphol on my way back to the US for a first visit in..
…including little tomato starts, bean seeds, eggplants, basil, squash, corn, and other future pleasures of the summer finally went in the rooftop dirt this week after much delay – and now we will wake up with an extra bit of curiosity each morning to see what they ..
…and plants growing out of and in to unexpected places is always a welcome surprise when turning any corner in Rome – as I did this afternoon in Monti to find my self biking under this hanging g..
…is the smartly-titled latest book by urban homesteaders Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen (previously mentioned here) – and designed by graphic designer friend Roman Jaster – which I can’t wait to dive into upon returning to a more thoroughly DIY, post-academy, life… (and check out their Root Si..
…was a surprise highlight for me (since it was a hometown project from 2009) tonight at the American Academy in Rome shoptalk by architect fellow – and fellow Angeleno – Joshua Stein of Radical Craft, which proposes a visionary 20-30 year plan for mass transit in L.A. by turning the urban area into a mega-hub ..
…was left on a garden post this morning – yes, that time of year to slough off the old scaly dead weight and just leave ..
…is what now occupies the small Roman village which was sacked and abandoned to malaria in the Middle Ages just off Via Appia Antica south of Rome – and here we are today for an Easter picnic surrounded by many extended Italian families with the same idea, shaded by the rustic rambling rickety timber picnic ..
…from the Roman rooftop – shelled twice and served fresh with pecorino are the classic May 1st Roman picnic dish – which we are enjoying a week earl..
…at Largo Argentina cat sanctuary (previously mentioned here) caught my attention while passing by this morning, with the feline residents seeming especially self-aware while posing for the increasing mobs of Roman tourists on the tops of the Ro..
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