Plotting the history of food in Seattle.
Thanks to my friend Aly at NPR for recommending it and the Neiman Lab for creating it: Timeline JS. I’m using it to plot the history of food in Seattle, research for the book I’m writing.
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Seattle
A collection of 48 issues
Friday, October 4th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
would have been these boots had I actually met him. I didn’t, though. Mark came by the house last Friday to take measurements while I was at work. Here’s what we learned: 1). Our foundation does not meet code and is basically worthless as far as this remodel
He Swims the Salish Sea.
On the water was a man, bobbing like a thread. White arm flashing rhythmically, legs watercolored shadows, scissors under the Salish Sea. Nautical, unchained.
On the water was a dog. Aussie or… no, Brittany Spaniel maybe. Rusted cheek and white brow followed him on circled laps. Loyalty, unfeigned.
On the
On fizz and fog.
Oslo, Mies, and me. Seattle’s Discovery Park, December 2012.
Only the head of a Dublin pint froths like that. Milky white density; super foam. Unless you count the merinque of that baked Alaska I made one time. One time when I was young and married and living in a
On artisanal food and artisanal technology.
I don’t know what it is about the Pacific Northwest and food, but I’m really glad to be going back to it (I’m seriously considering writing a book about it someday, though – what do you think?). One of the things I’ve missed the most while living
ARCADE: On living, learning, and design educating.
ARCADE Summer 2012 issue, designed and edited by Karen Cheng and Annabelle Gould. Photographed by me.
ARCADE is one of my favorite design magazines. It is published quarterly, and the Summer 2012 issue features guest editors and designers Karen Cheng and Annabelle Gould, two of my design professors while I
My city, myself.
From Mapping Home: Learning a new city, remembering the old. By Aleksandar Hemon
I returned to places I had known my whole life in order to capture details that had been blurred by excessive familiarity. I collected sensations and faces, smells and sights, fully internalizing Sarajevo’s architecture and its
On Laser GaGa and beautiful mathematics.
I often credit my aesthetic sensibilities to growing up in the beautiful Rockies, but maybe they’re due instead to the Spirograph. As a kid in the 70s, I loved this toy. Really, really loved it. I can’t even begin to count the number of snowy nights spent making
On loving Frederick, part three.
Drumheller Fountain looking toward Mt. Rainier on the University of Washington campus. Photo by Callie Neylan, 2010.
On July 23, 2011, I recited these design stories at the Boston Globe for my friends at Ink, stories inspired by the work of Frederick Law Olmsted and the impact his legacy has
On loving Frederick, part two.
Looking south toward Seattle from a sailboat near the shores of Gasworks Park. Photo by Callie Neylan, 2011.
On July 23, 2011, I recited these design stories at the Boston Globe for my friends at Ink, stories inspired by the work of Frederick Law Olmsted and the impact his legacy