I write about buildings, landscape, other stuff. Recommend car-free local vacations--you get some adventure and you don't have to stress about parking.
Menlo Park, CA
Joined February 2009
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Just got a PR email that said: “PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A NEWSLETTER. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUBCRIBED TO ANYTHING. THIS IS A HOLIDAY CARD FROM A REAL PERSON.”
OMG there’s a complex in Mountain View (San Antonio x ECR) that looks exactly like this & has the same population.
Spain is also where people throw tomatoes at each other. I re-enacted La Tomatina with red water balloons with a kindergarten class. But flaming brooms?!?
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This @AudubonMag profile by Jessica Bruder is a hoot! (And death to air potatoes.) audubon.org/magazine/fall-20…
The @NationalASLA's new Climate Action Plan, which calls for carbon-neutral landscapes by 2040, has an inspiring origin story: bit.ly/3trhDgd
How to celebrate Halloween AND advocate for affordable housing: facebook.com/1110445/posts/p…
best costume ever
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A building rendering that literally shows a levitating top…I feel like this should get some sort of Dubious Architecture Achievement award. @marklamster @LangeAlexandra
As the director of @sfplanning told me, “In the rendering it looks pretty neat. I’m not sure how you actually BUILD it, though” sfchronicle.com/sf/article/c… via @sfchronicle
Wondering what is going on with the Hunters Point Power Plant site? I reported the latest wrinkle on this long-dormant property for @TheFrisc:
Mendocino Grain Project's Rachel Britten on why you should buy locally grown grains: "You wouldn’t think that freshly dried beans would make a difference, but oh man, it does. Especially with quinoa—you can taste the difference, no question." altaonline.com/culture/food-…
This story was really stressful to write since both my kids and I had to agree on which jams to include:
The state’s best jams and marmalades: @smallspace has rounded up six wonderful ways to celebrate California’s lavish fruit basket.
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Had to say no to the bunnies several times that they couldn’t be outside today, it was too hot. They gave up, but are giving me The Look:
Today I was waiting for the train in 100+ heat and it felt like that scene in “Fantasia” when the dinosaurs are trudging across the barren landscape and die to the strains of “Rite of Spring.”
This basket in my FB feed belongs in a documentary about Sisyphus the baker, trying to make bread while flour flows eternally out of his reach.
Another option for those three-day weekends!
"Rather than skip your vacation—or wallow in “flight shame”—consider a trip that relies on public transportation and bicycles.
I’ve become a new convert to what some are calling micro-travel."
by @smallspace
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Lydia Lee retweeted
Happy @ArborDay! Here’s @smallspace with advice from @JoeySantore and @SFUrbanForester on how to make the most of it. sc.org/36Pbe6S
Nature’s superhero, the beaver! (genus = Castor)
