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Calder's Flamingo in Chicago (with the Sears Tower in the background). I took this in November, 2007 and was reminded by my post of his work a few days ago.



Also from Chicago on that same trip, my attempt to reproduce Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album cover, with a photo of Marina City.

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For our two-year anniversary, we picked up a cake from Morfey's, the same bakery that made our wedding cake. We went with the Champagne Champagne option, that is, champagne cake with champagne frosting. It was delicious. And if you need an economic incentive, get this: if you buy a wedding cake from them, you get a significant discount on cakes that you buy later.



A pair of tulips from Risa's baby shower.



Risa at the beginning of week 33, in front of bookshelves #1 and #2 (#3, #4 and #5 are hidden from view).



Olympic Sculpture Park. For all you Rocky fans, I believe Calder's Eagle statue in the background used to stand atop the Philadelphia Art Museum steps before it came west.

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I thought a little red would be appropriate for both my color search and the upcoming "holiday."

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I tried to post this Saturday but evidently my site has the characteristics of a "spam blog," and was shut down for review by the blogger crew. I'm guessing it's all the photos that are often accompanied by not much more than a link.

Catch-up photos and book number six coming soon.

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I really wanted to post these side by side but the blog template is not really conducive to such a layout. I always snicker at the Ferrari and Maserati dealership at 12th and Madison but, upon biking past it tonight, I thought of the Hopper painting below (he has a show at SAM that runs until March 1, 2009).

I believe it's worth thinking about the difference between the 2009 photo and the 1942 painting, keeping in mind for whom/what we build cities. Do we build for people or cars?

Though Seattle kowtows to drivers 99% of the time, some headway is being made for those moving about the city by their own power. For example, I used one of the new bike corrals this morning in front of Cafe Presse. Where before only one car could park, there is now room for eight or nine bikes.

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Here's Risa at almost 32 weeks!

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The moon and Venus at twilight, as seen earlier this evening from Bremerton, WA.

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Pedestrian trail through the Olmsted-designed Interlaken Park on Capitol Hill, where people ignore greetings of "hello" and "good morning." The Seattle Freeze is, evidently, in full effect.

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Back in 2003 or 2004, I picked up this book and read the back cover in the Barnes and Noble on Colorado Boulevard in Denver. I had just moved there and had lots of spare time (read: no friends) so I'd go to the bookstore to get a cup of coffee and read The New Yorker. I didn't buy the book but every once in a while the cover pops into my head and I try to remember the title.

Then, today, my professor recommended I read something by Edward Casey. I typed his name into the online library catalog and up this popped, a good five years later, with the same lonesome cover drawing me in. If you're looking for me, I'll be in the Architecture library at UW tomorrow morning, picking this gem up.

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A simple twenty-dollar bill: who knew it could make for such an interesting evening.

As I posted yesterday, we have switched to a cash system. In keeping with that decision, I ran over to Madison Market tonight to pick up a few items for dinner and Risa's lunch tomorrow, and paid with cash (a twenty and two ones). A few hours later, while considering doing laundry and lamenting over the fact that we are burning through our cash, I reached into my wallet to find that I only had one twenty remaining! I knew that last night I had three and actually had photographic proof. What happened?

I thought and though about where I may have spent it but knew I didn't. I thought that maybe it stuck to that other one at the grocery store; I knew it was a long shot but, in this economy, I had to ask. I went over to the store and they said they'd call when they closed out that register. We all kind of laughed at the prospect of their finding my bill.

Lo and behold, about twenty minutes ago the call came. Sure enough, that drawer was twenty bucks over.

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Here you see our Sunday night dinner (homemade veggie pizzas and salad) alongside the remainder of our budget for the week ($71 and change). As of today we are operating on a cash-only system in an effort to curb superfluous spending. Though we can afford to spend a little more, the goal for this week is $100 (though we did have a $30 brunch this morning, which was delicious and bacon-y, and went on a debit card).

This challenge is a little more daunting since we mostly shop at the Madison Market (a community-owned natural foods joint), which is a bit more expensive than Safeway. I'm holding strong to this store but the budget may force some of the shopping elsewhere.

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A tangle of power lines for the electric buses that serve much of Seattle.

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As much as I dislike these Obama as Lincoln posters, or Obama as Washington on the cover of the January 26th New Yorker, I thought this stood out.

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Technological Sublime