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Life

A Nice View of the Heavens

June 4, 2009

It’s good to keep things in perspective. Especially as I prep for next weeks CNU conference in Denver… Living Urbanism, Transit, Food Production, Green Building. More on next weeks festivities soon. Till then, enjoy the view.  

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First Watercolor of the Summer Session

May 1, 2009

One of the amazing advantages of living in Providence is that at noon on a Sunday one can decide to go to the beach and in less then an hour be sitting by the ocean. This past Sunday I was reminded of this geographic amenity when I went down to Newport. The photo above was taken by [...]

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Simply Incredible Bicycling by Danny MacAskill

April 23, 2009

Truly inspiring bicycling! The city is a playground.  

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Additional Bike Hitches for Downtown Providence

April 22, 2009

View Providence Bike Rack Locations in a larger map 91 additional bike hitches will be installed in Downtown Providence! Hopefully, more convenient parking for bikes will mean more people riding downtown instead of driving. Over the last several months I have been working with the good people at the Providence Foundation and the Downtown Improvement [...]

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“Get Back to What’s Always Been” by Paul Madonna

March 22, 2009

Paul Madonna  

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“Dropout Factories and America’s Best School” at Pecha Kucha Providence

March 18, 2009

This is a great talk my friend Damian Ewens gave at the Pecha Kucha night. It makes you wonder what our school systems are up to these days. Check out the cool stuff Damian is doing at the Big Picture Company here.  

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Epic Surf – The Wall – Hampton, NH

March 10, 2009

 

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“Smallest State Grapples With Oversize Problems” in NYTimes

March 1, 2009

Thanks to Jack Templin & Andy Cutler, I had the pleasure of speaking with Abby Goodnough & Katie Zezima while they were writing this article for the New York Times. When thinking about the massive unemployment & economic strife in the State I am drawn to the quote “he loves the state’s beauty and its [...]

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Quote: T.S. Eliot

January 23, 2009

“We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.” -T.S. Eliot  

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It’s Strongbow Season

December 13, 2008

 

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