If They Had Cable News in Ancient Rome…

This is pretty much what it would look like. Fun with Photoshop!

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Fire Pit Season

The chill bite of fall is here in the Pacific Northwest, and that means one thing. Fire Pit Season! We love hanging out on darkened evenings around the fire pit. Happy Fall!

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Some Minoru Yamasaki Buildings

I admire the brilliant work of Seattle born architect Minoru Yamasaki. His work exemplified mid-century corporate modernism, one can like or hate that, but it was always exquisitely crafted. The following are several examples of his work in...

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Well, that’s Quite a Stark Difference

We have an Apple TV and I love the screen savers they play, especially the video from the space station. A fun family game is to try to guess out where on Earth it is showing. Geography is where...

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Well, that’s Interesting Kerning…

Not sure if Department of Agriculture should really be forced in the shield, but hey, maybe that's just me.

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Art Interruptions

I was dropping off some overdue books at the Library the other day, (SORRY SPL!!) I was surprised and delighted to encounter the fantastic temporary art Installation Orca - Wolf Transformation by Micah McCarthy. Really outstanding work. it as...

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Rest in Peace Sonics Guy

I was in the SODO area of Seattle the other day and saw the poignant mural commemorating the life of local legend Kris Brannon, the "Sonic's Guy." I had to pull over and get out to pay my respects....

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Flesh and Blood

A few years ago the Seattle Art Museum put on an amazing exhibition "Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum." It was an amazing collection of powerful works. The brilliant, bloody, and realistic depictions of the human...

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The Wisdom of Eero

Found this fantastic quote from the great architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) in the Book Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of of Multiplicity by Antonio Ramón. It's true for architecture and for all forms of design as well. An insightful bit...

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Next year is coming fast…

Funny story, I was going through my draft posts and I found this one, started on December 17, 2014! All I had was a title, guess it came too fast for me to see it coming or finish the...

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