Archive for July, 2009
Found: Only in Upstate NY
A few weekends back we spent a couple of days in and around the Catskills park for a dear friends’ wedding - cruising around the backroads in a truck, I was giddy as a school girl and in love with the sun dappled roads, trees and rivers that lined the whole way into Woodstock. Yes, [...]
Her Best Side
I feel a twinge of embarrassment when I hear myself lamenting the cost and exhaustion that comes with living in New York City. I’m surprised to find myself disenchanted with a city that held such a mythical spot in my mind. I’m surprised to find out how much all of this wears on you [...]
Wedded Bits: Great Expectations
[Photography by Tec Petaja. Event Design by Joy Thigpen.]
Last week this little post by East Side Bride got the wheels turning. The problem at hand was that a certain photoshoot had been perceived by some as an actual wedding, and commended as such. Much discussion ensued, mainly out of how many innocent bystanders start to [...]
Design/Build: A Prologue
Two architects sit scanning design magazines, bantering back and forth about questionable construction here, the merits of proportion in bathroom tiles there, all the while wondering when on earth they are going to finally strike out on their own, together. Architecture is a discipline that almost requires you to have a partner that is understanding [...]
An Architect’s Dilemma
“…I get a little restless and want to either travel or build”.
[Photo compliments of regin schwaen.]
These twelve words manage to encapsulate the ultimate dichotomy that I wrestle with often. I actually laughed when I found it, on Tacklebox’s blog. I laughed at the simple truth that it implied, I laughed at how long something so [...]
