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Museums are among our favorite places to spend time in DC anyway, so that seems like the perfect option on a cold and windy day. Renwick Gallery We start with the Renwick Gallery. This is Read More …
It’s too cold and windy to enjoy walking at all, but still, from Dupont Circle to the Capital, the city displays beautiful details and a bit of Holiday spirit. Next Post: Where Better to Spend Read More …
It’s never been lovely to look at, but I’ve always been fond of DC’s Metro because it makes it so easy to get around without a car. It’s never been pretty (if Neo-classical Brutalism Read More …
We awoke this morning to a layer of snow and a steady cold wind – a perfect day to leave Minnesota and head some place warmer. . . unfortunately, at 30 degrees and snowing, DC Read More …
I’m in Indianapolis this weekend for an Inuit art conference. Yes, Indianapolis, Indiana. I actually planned to skip this conference. I figured things would be busy at work (as they are) and, well, Indianapolis wasn’t Read More …
We (me, Tim, Lynne, Tom, and James) are in Fargo for a workshop on sustainable engineering. Assuming that the amount of time spent in meeting rooms, the cool damp weather, and the fact that I Read More …
Portland’s International Rose Test Garden cascades down a terraced mountainside, a sea of blossoms high above the city. There are over 550 types of roses on more than 6800 bushes – that is a lot Read More …
Portland’s Japanese Garden is located far from the city center in Washington Park. It’s also located at a much higher altitude and the air is wet and frosty-feeling when we arrive. However, the gardens are Read More …
A colleague has alerted me to the fact that there is a large chimney at Chapman Elementary School in Portland that hosts an extremely large colony of swifts. Apparently each evening the birds swirl around Read More …
Portland has often been held up as an American planning utopia – the embodiment of all that good planning can bring about. It’s the place where every urban planner is supposed find inspiration and meaning. Read More …