Ho due cani!

Tres cani Romani. . So, I’m really missing Oslo and Mies every time I see a Roman dog. Last night we saw three of them on the way home (this is the street that we live on). I tried telling these people that I have two Weimaraners, but they spoke

Campo de' Fiori.

Well, I’m finally here! The flight was long and I left my down pillow in Amsterdam, but I got here unscathed and after the earthquake happened (I think, anyway….). I’m only posting briefly right now; Chang-Ling and I need to go to the grocery store before it closes.

I <i>hate</i> packing.

So I thought I’d take a break and post this New Yorker cartoon on my blog (click to see a larger, readable image – it takes a few seconds to download). This will soooo be me when I’m in Rome….poor Will.

Lovely entry way.

, originally uploaded by callieo. I want one like it when we remodel or buy another house.

Flickr.

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

More from my fave news source, the New York Times.

After reading Random Family (see “Literaire” in the right-hand column), I’ve become increasingly interested in our nation’s infamous “War on Drugs” and what a big, fucking, racist joke it is. Anyway, it’s also prompted me to start volunteering with the King County Bar Association to help change

Buon giorno, Roma!

Wow. This is the building I’ll be studying in at the UW’s Rome Center. Two-and-a-half more weeks and counting….

Waah. Poor Americans.

Umm, I hate the high gas prices just as much as the next guy, but geez, if we’re changing our driving habits because of them, I’d say it’s a good thing. We’ve had cheap gas in this country for way too long and it’s about

Je veux habiter en France.

Op-Ed Columnist from the New York Times French Family Values By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: July 29, 2005 Americans tend to believe that we do everything better than anyone else. That belief makes it hard for us to learn from others. For example, I’ve found that many people refuse to

Starchitects.

So, I’m checking out the Cooper Hewitt 2005 National Design Award nominees and lo and behold, one of them is my former landlord, Tom Kundig. How cool is that???