Author Archives: ken

Dreamwidth

Wow. rosefox said she wasn’t moving her journal over here because the styles were ugly, and I said, “I don’t really care about styles.” That was before I’d seen them. Wow! When she meant butt-ugly, she meant BUTT-FRACKIN-UGLY. Anyway, just … Continue reading

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Expect Delays: The Four-Boro Bike Jam

< Today was the Five Boro Bike Tour. It was not the most enjoyable ride I've ever had, and I did not finish. The rain wasn't the worst part. Neither were the three flats I got. The worst part, which … Continue reading

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Glass On Glass

“It’s all the same! Pathetically the same!” Philip Glass was not criticizing someone else’s music, but discussing his own. He was sitting at a piano in the St. Ann’s Warehouse performance space in Dumbo, wearing a rumpled suit, his glasses … Continue reading

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Bed-Stuy, Biking, and Gig

John C. Kelley House Originally uploaded by kenf225 I’ve spent much of the last few days on the bike, which is a good thing because I’m riding in the Five Boro Bike Tour on Sunday. I’m helping my friend Fran … Continue reading

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Protected: Writer’s Block: Celebrating Friendships

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Where I’ve Been

The last few days have been (in reverse order)… 17 miles on the bike. A few interesting project possibilities. Mayfly House Concert by kenf225, on Flickr A great house concert by Mayfly, a Vermont old-time duo I met last summer … Continue reading

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Driving About Architecture

I’m mentioned in a New York Times article today, thanks to some consulting work I’m doing on the next edition of The AIA Guide To New York City, a book I own four copies of, one of each edition. A … Continue reading

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The Verrazano

The Verrazano Originally uploaded by kenf225 I got stuck with a window seat on my flight yesterday, but it was a clear sunny day and I was on the right side of the plane so I got some great photos … Continue reading

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Vermont: Not Quite “Landlocked”

Am I missing something? I’ve been to Underhill, Vt. It’s less than an hour from Burlington. Which has a gorgeous waterfront on Lake Champlain. Into which the St. Lawrence River flows. From the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont may qualify as “landlocked,” … Continue reading

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