Today is the day before everything gets interesting ... for you. I am hopefully sitting in a hammock or building a sand castle because I have been in Seaside, Florida for a few days and I am trying to avoid interesting. I want, peaceful, fun, … [Continue reading]
. My arm is killing me from from all the gratuitous back patting I've been giving myself since I found out that ... ahem... my site www.LifeofanArchitect.com is the 3rd most popular architectural blog site in the world! [echoing] the world … [Continue reading]
Just over a year ago I wrote an article titled "Modern House, Friendly Neighbor?" which was about a house that was going up along my drive to work. It was a very modern style house set in an area consisting of a mix of small bungalow and new larger … [Continue reading]
Sometimes called the 'mosaic city', Ravenna, Italy is renown for the beautiful 5th and 6th century mosaics that adorn the walls of its churches and monuments. Fast forward some 1500 years or so and that's where this story begins. Italian mosaic … [Continue reading]
Painting is a drag even under the most ideal of circumstances but in the case of my interior masonry stucco walls?... Let's just say I would rather be caught in a biker bar at last call wearing pants made out of bottle caps. My better half and I … [Continue reading]
Right up front ... I don't have any tattoos and for the most part, I ignore them on other people. So why am I talking about them? I received an email from someone who has been a chef for the last 10 years and wanted to know what my opinion was on … [Continue reading]
