Bryan

Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

One of the coolest things about learning Italian is seeing all the Latin rooted words and how they’ve influenced English words and their cognates or synonyms.

For example, the Italian word for “window” is “finestra”. From there, it’s not a big leap to “fenestration”. They’re all over the place.


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Bryan is an urban planner, musician, writer, husband and father. He lives with his wife and two young kids in Portland where he enjoys sampling the region's food scene and exploring the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.



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