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What The Festival - New Electronic Music Fest in Oregon

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:52:31 -0700

There’s a new electronic music fest starting this summer in White River Canyon, Oregon. The line-up includes Gold Panda, Ghostland Observatory, and Bonobo. Oh, and it’s more affordable than Sasquatch.

Photo: Gold Panda cover, Pitchfork.com

Summer in Seattle - Cal Anderson Park

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:48:08 -0700

Summer in Seattle - Cal Anderson Park

30 Minutes on Mass Transit in 20 World Cities - Atlantic Cities

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:50:50 -0700

30 Minutes on Mass Transit in 20 World Cities - Atlantic Cities:

How far can you get in 30 minutes on mass transit? This collection of maps from 20 cities shows you.

Subdivisions go urban as housing market changes - USA Today

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:51:17 -0700

Subdivisions go urban as housing market changes - USA Today:

“Why are the giants of the building industry, the creators for decades of massive communities of cookie-cutter homes, cul-de-sacs and McMansions in far-flung suburbs, doing an about-face? Why are they suddenly building smaller neighborhoods in and close to cities on land more likely to be near a train station than a pig farm?”

A real big friend

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:45:59 -0700

A real big friend

To Love Somebody

Thu, 10 May 2012 23:39:31 -0700

Settling down is a big commitment, especially for gay men. You could say that it’s easy for us to not be expected to do it - that history has written it that way, but that’s not the real story.

The truth is that a public, true display of commitment has not been obtainable due to the law; due to the norm; due to others.

While some gay men even have a distaste for settling down, that’s just their personal view. What they may not understand about my relationship is that the superficial displays of settling in my 25-year-old life - the house, the dog - are really just signs of love for me. I want to be where I’m at in this moment and I want it to last, because I love another so much. We will grow and we will change, and I hope that’s all done together.

Obama’s endorsement of marriage equality comes after an unmeasurable effort by a millenia of human struggle in perseverance of fairness, yet his words are loved and appreciated. He has proven his leadership and taken a stand aside from the presidency to be absolute in his beliefs, and for this, my community and our future will be ever grateful.

At the end, this is all about those lovers who want fairness and don’t want a second rate designation for their love. We’re human, not islands, so let us come together to respect our neighbors as a brilliant nation.

Baby you don’t know what it’s like, to love somebody, to love somebody, the way I love you.

Better Than An Igloo: Affordable, Efficient Homes In One Of The World’s Harshest Environments

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:01:14 -0700

Better Than An Igloo: Affordable, Efficient Homes In One Of The World’s Harshest Environments:

Image: Living Building Challenge

“The Living Aleutian Home Design Competition, sponsored by the Aleutian Housing Authority, challenged designers to build cost-effective, practical, replicable homes for Atka, Alaska (a village on the islands) that meets all of the standards of the Living Building Challenge 2.0.—an incredibly rigorous green building certification that requires structures to be net-zero water (meaning they produce as much water as they consume), net-zero energy, sourced from local materials, non-toxic (they don’t use certain red-listed materials), and more. If you can build structures that work in Atka, you can build them for anywhere.” -Ariel Schwartz, Fast Company

Touchy, A Human Camera by Eric Siu I think this is why people...

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:04:54 -0700

Touchy, A Human Camera by Eric Siu

I think this is why people love Japan so much.

Photograph by Tim Walker for Vogue December 2011 In northern...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:01:47 -0700

Photograph by Tim Walker for Vogue December 2011

In northern Mongolia, reindeer territory, 13-year-old Puje fearlessly explores the wild landscape.

I want to ride there now

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:52:10 -0700

I want to ride there now

Day trip outside Seattle - enjoying wine at Slough in Edison

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:48:18 -0700

Day trip outside Seattle - enjoying wine at Slough in Edison

Photo: Seattle - no filter necessary

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:08:18 -0700

Photo: Seattle - no filter necessary

America's Best Cities for Transit, According to Walk Score via @AtlanticCities

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:02:23 -0700

America's Best Cities for Transit, According to Walk Score via @AtlanticCities:

Flickr: Future Metropolis

The Global Economic Dominance of U.S. Cities - via Atlantic Cities

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:02:47 -0700

The Global Economic Dominance of U.S. Cities - via Atlantic Cities:

Atlantic Cities: Which Cities Tend to Be the Greenest?

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:02:00 -0700

Atlantic Cities: Which Cities Tend to Be the Greenest? :

“Twelve large metros – including New York, (2.3 tons per person), L.A. (1.8 tons), San Diego (1.9 tons), Phoenix (1.9 tons), Washington, D.C. (2.3 tons), Miami (2.2 tons) and Seattle (2.2 tons) – rank among the 50 lowest emitting metros.”

Little spoon, big spoon Via petapeta

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:03:11 -0700

Little spoon, big spoon

Via petapeta

View from Bellagio room. Welcome to Vegas, baby.

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:52:55 -0700

View from Bellagio room. Welcome to Vegas, baby.

America’s Top 10 Cities for Hipsters

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:30:42 -0700

America’s Top 10 Cities for Hipsters:

“T + L readers scored 35 urban centers on such hipster-friendly amenities as live music, coffeehouses, independent boutiques, thrift stores and flea markets, and on residents’ hipsterish traits, such as tech-savvy and the propensity to microbrew.”

The Metro - District of Columbia #transit #DC #transportation

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:40:32 -0700

The Metro - District of Columbia

#transit #DC #transportation

DC NEON

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:25:56 -0700

DC NEON