I have always been a fan of GOOD magazine’s ‘transparency’ section. While the magazine is at time superficial and fluffy, it does a good job at promoting important issues in the ‘progressive mainstream’ and its editors understand that elegant design can go a long way. The graph above is a visual representation of the sources [...]

As I attempt to cross multiple items off my to-do list, I find myself staring outside my window a lot. My barren living room has only one functional element in it, and it just so happens that said element is a massive, work-accommodating desk overlooking my leaf-enrobed street. On glorious fall days like this one, [...]

Last May, I wrote an email to Artscapes putting in a request for media accreditation to attend the Creative Spaces + Places conference taking place in Toronto. Much to my surprise, my request was accepted (what would I do without that powerful social network that is also my workplace?) and I was able [...]

I am happy to report that project Shut Up & Study, now in its third day of existence, is going quite well. True, I have unabashedly added a couple more projects to my roster of daily commitments,  but my book review is now due in two weeks so it all balances out (or does it?) [...]

From here.
Psst- moms, excellent music choice, by the way!

Today was a good day. Meditative and domestic at first, then windy and rainy to the point that the wind broke my umbrella in two and blew the top part away. Despite the rain, I must say it was truly rewarding to spend the first half of the day reading a considerable amount of [...]

So I think I may have rocked out a little too hard last night. Not that my jumping up and down and enthusiastic head shakes were anything out of the ordinary (in fact, perhaps even a little less than ordinary) but I guess different elements, biological and non, collided and produced a cocktail of disproportionate [...]

Power to the urban nerds! (And, yes, I am serious.)
I am so in love with the urban studies, environmental design, global cities and social innovation literature currently populating my bookcase. Waking up at 6am to be sneaking in some sweet ole studyin’ before work has never felt more decadent.

Photo from here.
“A society without a stable [...]

This was another glorious, sun-drenched Sunday.
First, there was brunch on my porch, where we ate food in a circle and witnessed a lonesome leaf floating by, playfully making its descent somewhere near us.  Then, there was a radiant streetcar ride across town to have tea with Aimee and chat about life. The cafe’s south-west exposure [...]

Cute Pumpkin by PlanetJune
Last year’s pumpkin potluck was truly epic. So, in an effort to embrace the change of season, some of my favorite people in the world gathered at my house  for the second annual Pumpkin Potluck. There were entrees, soups, side dishes, condiments, drinks and desserts prepared with the night’s superstar… and they [...]