butterpaper
and i really like the name of this one :)
Life Without Buildings
check out the post on Obama..too funny
architechnophilia
don't be deterred by the name :P thru this blog i discovered some of the above
once i decide i really like these I'll spend time to add them to my sidebar but thought i would post them here first as each one has links to a wealth of great architecture related stuff
Sunday evening I had the pleasure of enjoying a great FREE outdoor Jazz concert with my parents. The Miller Outdoor theater here in Houston host a series of great concerts sponsored by the local public radio station. One very good thing about Houston is it's fall weather, unlike NYC you can have an amazing evening of listening to music outside when it's nearly November and the temp outside is close to 70 :)
It's only in the last few years that I have really grown to appreciate Jazz, especially when I hear it live. Perhaps it's largely attributed to the fact that my first and only visit to Carnegie Hall while living in NYC was to hear the great Jazz musician David Brubeck. So when I heard about this past Sundays concert I was excited but a little unsure about it's main guest Ann Hampton Callaway. In the end I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it though I have never been into that type of Jazz Performer/ Broadway entertainer type :) Oh yes and she was accompanied by my Alma mater's (U of H) jazz orchestra too!
Although I have to say the whole evening was pretty great just to begin with for the shear fact that I was sitting under the stars on a beautiful night and I had managed to bring both my parents out to "downtown" on a Sunday night :P
"This Health Coverage poster speaks about the 40 million Americans living in the world's wealthiest economy without health insurance. It is beyond comprehension how we spend trillions on wars but there is not enough to protect the health of our own citizens, including children. Vote for Barack to change this injustice!"
"So many reasons. But the one I feel in my gut is this: When I look at Barack Obama's life story, I see America."
See more great Obama supporter graphics here
@ 30 resons.org
this is another interesting one too
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
read about it's creator here
http://nymag.com/news/features/51170/
Some disturbing but not surprising news heard last week on public radio.
"A new United Nations report has revealed major US cities, including New York, Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans, have levels of economic inequality that rival cities in Africa. The report found that the United States had the highest inequality and poverty after Mexico and Turkey, and the gap has increased rapidly since 2000. The life expectancy of African Americans in the United States is about the same as that of people living in China and some states of India."
Tonight I was looking for something on archived cd's and I ran across some photos of the time I lived in London last year. One group of pix in particular of my farewell sendoff from my colleagues. They surprised me by taking me to this amazing champagne bar called 360 as it has a complete view of all of London from the top of one of the tallest building in the city. To top it off it was a beautiful night too.
Recently I have become more interested in the Architect Teddy Cruz. Last week I saw some collages of his work/research and then a friend sent me a link to some of the same images on artkrush. Click the link to learn more.
My good friends Abe and Erin (http://www.wuyork.blogspot.com/) recently introduced me to a great new web site for downloading various things. In our case we were mostly searching for things related to politics and the election such as the recent SNL Palin spoof :) Check out Hulu for yourself!
This past week I finally made it to the Whitney Museum....another one of those places I always intended to go while living in NYC but never made it!!! Thankfully I was able to catch the Buckminster Fuller exhibit which was fantastic.
Your not really allowed to take pix inside so I just have this one interior shot, but the museum building itself was pretty interesting as well so of course I snapped lots of pix of that :)
A good friend of mine from NYC who is a graphic designer recently introduced me to this site when she as invited to be "guest blogger"...never even heard of such a thing but sounds pretty cool :)
http://blackeiffel.blogspot.com/
The green markets in NYC are probably one of my top ten favorite things in NYC. I strolled thru this past Saturday to see what was in season. Tasted some delicious apples and picked up all my guacamole ingredients less avocados, since of course they are not local :)
Well it's been a while as I have been away from the "the city" for almost 6 months! but i am back for a few precious days to collect my things to take back to Tejas.
While here I am trying to take in as much sights, sounds, smells, and taste of the city that I can. But really mostly just trying to hit up my favorite places that I loved while living here these past 2+ years.
Here is a random sampling of imagery from this last week, hmm wish there were more people pix, I'll have to remedy that the this coming week :)
(CLICK image to see bigger and clearer)
This is the courtyard of one of my good friends apartments
Breakfast at Nougatine 
Andre Putnam exhibit at the French Embassy
A friendly dude in Central Park
I was Obamatized when I passed thru Union Square
some great lectures/talks to download about all different kinds of subject!
just listened to this one by Mark Bittman..see more below
http://www.ted.com/index.php/
TEDTalks : What's wrong with what we eat - Mark Bittman (2007)
_ In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.
http://www.ted.com/index.php
