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Drinking My Way Across Amsterdam?

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Amsterdam, Beer, brown cafes, Holland, The Netherlands, urban planning

That doesn’t sound like me.  You must be thinking of someone else.

Just kidding! It was totally me.

We were staying in Da Costabuurt, adjacent to the city centre and north of the Vondelpark.  So most of the bars we went to were local.

 

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I’m a guest blogger!

11 Saturday Feb 2012

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guest blogging, internet famous, public realm, transportation, UK, urban planning, US

I’m so pleased to share my first stint as guest blogger! Helm of the Public Realm just published my meditation on English vs. US transportation.  At this rate, I’ll be internet-famous in no time.

Thanks so much to Erin Chantry for letting me be a part of her corner of the web.

Doorknockers of Cambridge

25 Wednesday Jan 2012

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architecture, Cambridge, design, doorknockers, England, Mill Road, placemaking, urban planning, vernacular

I live in a terrace house in Cambridge, which means that my house was probably built sometime in the 1880s, is very narrow and is sited very close to a narrow sidewalk and narrow street:

This is the view from immediately in front of my house.

I met someone recently who described my neighborhood as “gritty,” which I guess it is a little bit.  But I love it.  And one of the first things I noticed as we were getting settled in is, when your front door is inches from every passerby’s face, doorknockers become an important means of home decor.  The doorknockers in my neighborhood are amazing.  In a twenty-minute walk yesterday, I counted 38 distinct ones.

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