SANAA in the Glass City

Known as “The Glass City,” my home town Toledo, Ohio will soon be home to the first US building completed by Tokyo architects SANAA. Set to open in early 2006, The Glass Pavilion will house the museum’s vast collection of art glass as well as the glassmaking studios for the associated University of Toledo College [...]

Boulder Dam

While travelling between The Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, we made a little visit to the Boulder dam. Vegas and The Grand Canyon were both amazing and sublime in their own way, butit was the Boulder Dam that Truly inspired me. It’s Perhaps better (and officially) known as the Hoover Dam, but in my [...]

Tales from Taliesin

Finally. I have internet. The past few days have been pretty strange. Normally, I get most of my news from the internet - reading papers online, blogs, journals, etc. - but recently my only information source was the television and its many 24 hour news stations. Until now, I had [...]

Evacuation Day 10

The past 10 days, people have been amazing - providing clothes, food, shelter…everything. I’d like to thank the Keane Family, Kahn Family, Hodesh Family, Stamp family, Currie Family, House Family, the cities of Houston, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, and every stranger along the way who has been kind enough to help us in whatever way [...]