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Urinals are dirty

February 17, 2011 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

Last week I was in Spain courtesy of  the Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers of Spain (ASCER), a group who promote the general and common interests of the ceramic industry. While I was there, I saw some stuff. Why I'm telling you, I'm not … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, conversations

Spain after dark

February 15, 2011 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

There are times when I wish my job was to be entertaining and not actually do any real work. Do those jobs exist? Oh yeah, strippers have that job. (looking in mirror) ... there goes that pipe dream. . . Since much of my trip to Spain … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, Spain, Travel, traveling

Spain – where do I start

February 14, 2011 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

I've been back from my Reign in Spain trip for 2 days and I haven't decided how I am going to process all the information for presentation but this as good a place to start as any - the last day/ night of the trip. I didn't make it to bed in order to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, photography, Spain, Travel, traveling

Spain – I am a Giant

February 10, 2011 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

So it is really late and I need to go to bed. They are working us to DEATH on this trip;)   Between walking around Cevisama, the tile show here in Spain, all the food and wine ... what can I say? (Other than my feet hurt and my pants don't fit). I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations, Travel Tagged With: Spain, Top Ten lists, Travel, traveling

Reign In Spain – Madrid day one

February 8, 2011 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

It's 5:00pm in Madrid right now as I write this and I have 2 hours until we meet in the lobby for some late evening fun and exploration. A small group of us went out to an Irish bar (the oddly named Penguin Row) and watched the Superbowl last night. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations, Travel Tagged With: Spain, Travel, traveling

Shipping Containers – a design primer

February 7, 2011 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

I am currently in Spain enjoying tapas and sangria so I asked my friend Jeremiah Russel to sit in for me and talk about something that we are - well, not necessarily in agreement on. I read one of Jeremiah's posts on shipping container architecture … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Guest post, Low cost modern house challenge, Materials, shipping container

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