An Amplified Heart
As an art installation I think these giant wooden acoustic amplifiers inside Estonia’s Pähni Nature Centre are beautiful. I admire their architectural integrity, their studied craftsmanship, and the academic reasoning behind their… Read More
A Glassell Park Dream Home: The LA Domestead Hits the Market
Earlier this year Emily and I made way up into the hills of the 90065 (Glassell Park) to meet with artist, designer, and activist Fritz Haeg about becoming on-site caretakers of his… Read More
The Santo Domingo de Heredia Farmer’s Market
Proust believed the “real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes”, but in Costa Rica he’d be wrong. In the farmer’s market surrounding the perimeter… Read More
Carsten Nicolai Bausatz Noto Limited Edition 10 LP Set
Wow [happening upon this 10-record set]. Whoa! [noting the price]. Sometimes it’s best to appreciate a design simply for the appreciation it exists. I believe this is such a case, with only… Read More
A Panic Placated
Since moving from our one-bedroom Silver Lake apartment to a small Mount Washington home, increased water and energy use has been a concern. So much so I recently dreamt I had left… Read More
Attaining Affluence Through Simplicity
As we begin readying to move from our home of the last four years in Silver Lake to a new abobe just a few miles away at the start of next month,… Read More
In Defense of Architecture
In the late 1990’s industrial designer Duncan Jackson fell in love with the Napoleonic defense towers built in the early 19th century, enamored by their history and the intricate and durable brickwork… Read More
The Hands of Grand Central Market
I found myself most drawn not to the newest arrivals in Grand Central Market (though I wholeheartedly welcome their arrival), but those with hands and faces which seemed to match the history… Read More
Elation for Precipitation
Opening the kitchen window, I could feel raindrops hitting my skin with the force of a typewriter’s typebar striking paper – pitter-PAT-punctuation – the air smelling strongly of petrichor, the percussion of… Read More
Dream Stream: Mision (Canu Remix) – Sobrenadar
Paula Garcia and Javier Medialdea making beautiful music together as Sobrenadar.… Read More
