Bozeman: A Blessing and a Curse
In the early days of the auto industry Detroit was a dynamic machine churning out huge numbers of cars with integrated supply chains clustered tightly together around Ford’s River Rouge complex in...
View ArticleChurch and Plate
Yesterday I enjoyed a Sunday breakfast with friends at Wat Mongkolratanaram, a Buddhist Thai Temple in Berkeley. The Temple has been serving food in their courtyard as a community event and fund...
View ArticleBeginnings, Middles, and Ends
I was recently invited to give a talk at a housing conference down in Los Angeles. Once again my fellow speakers engaged in the usual arguments. Aging Baby Boomers asserted that we need to keep...
View ArticleMalibu Barbie’s Dream Home
I recently found myself in Malibu for a long weekend to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Malibu is the kind of place where people fall out of the sky outside your window while you eat breakfast. It’s...
View ArticleThe State of Jefferson
Last year a neighbor began flying a State of Jefferson flag on the side of his house that faces mine. I had no idea what it represented, so I looked it up. Short version: the 23 rural northern counties...
View ArticleMarsupial Urbanism
Does this landscape look familiar? There are places like this all over the country. Half forgotten neighborhoods populated by vacant parking lots and semi abandoned buildings can be found everywhere....
View ArticleThe Captain Hindsight Award
A reader recently made a comment I took seriously: “I am certainly not here to try and refute much of what you have brought to light, only to suggest that your comments are not in the least bit...
View ArticleYak Shaving in the Craft Room
I helped a friend last week as he was organizing his move from a one bedroom garden level apartment to a larger home. For the last decade he’s been gradually moving up the ladder from...
View ArticleEating Jell-O With Chopsticks
I’ve been asked to give another presentation for the Incremental Development Alliance and I’m working out the kinks of my talk here. IncDev is attempting to revive the traditional pre World War II...
View ArticleSide Effects of Side Effects of Side Effects
Yesterday a friend reached out to me. She asked my advice about how to deal with her landlady over a broken bathroom sink. Something snapped and water sprayed out everywhere. Someone was sent by to...
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