After Pittsburgh, we drove to Fallingwater, the home designed for Edgar Kaufman, owner of Kaufman's department stores in Pittsburgh. You know this place, even if you don't think so, you do. The picture above, is probably duplicated in hundreds of thousands of vacation photo albums. See here, or here, or here. It's a stunning building to [...]
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Roadtrip: Pittsburgh
It's the middle of November, and I've got more vacation days left this year than you can shake a stick at. Andrew is living at home for a year and can look after the dog. Time for a road trip. We decide to head south. Hmmm.... First stop turned out to be Pittsburgh. Jeez, [...]
I’m not a political animal, but. . .
. . . this extract from Obama's speech last night, is a pretty great statement of what successful communities are all about. This country has more wealth than any nation, but that’s not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that’s not what makes us strong. Our university, our [...]
A (very minor) milestone
27 May 2006 was a Saturday. I remember sitting in the back-yard and reading a story in the paper about internet music sharing services: Pandora, last.fm and others. I signed up for both Pandora and Last.fm, but Pandora's Canadian availability was short-lived. I have, however, stuck with Last.fm for the past 6.5 years and [...]
Week 38 in review
Dinner with Andrew and Colin on Friday. Now that doesn't happen much these days. Nice. Dinner at Tappo on Saturday with Greg and Maggie. No pictures I'm afraid, but a great meal and company nonetheless. Took a bottle of 2010 De Lancellotti from Bergstrom Winery that we picked up in Oregon over the summer. Good [...]
