About

Hello, fellow wanderer. I’m Bryan and this is my personal blog, a place where I write short status updates about what’s going on in my life, post photos, and shout into the void.

I’m an urban planner by profession. For better or worse, I spend a lot of time thinking about environmental psychology, urban design, landscape architecture, housing, human geography, and transportation systems. If you’re looking for my planning blog, you can find it here.

At my core, I enjoy creating. Whether that be through writing, making music, practicing photography, gardening, cooking, learning web development, or making home improvements, I like to express myself through making things. I consider myself a hobbyist in most of these areas.

Originally from the Great Lakes Region, I’ve called the Pacific Northwest home for over 10 years. I'm fiercely proud of my Midwest roots and sometimes suffer intense pangs of nostalgia and longings to return, especially after doom scrolling Zillow listings for a bit.

That said, I do enjoy the climate and landscapes better here on the West Coast. I like to get outdoors with my young family, so there are a lot of photos of our adventures on this site.

I love sci-fi movies, but I have a terrible memory for titles and names, so don't ask me which ones I've seen or who my favorite actors are. I also like geeking out about guitar gear and recently built my own Telecaster.

In 2020, I became an Italian citizen. What started out as a genealogy hobby turned into a decade-long education in Italian bureaucracy. My wife and I sometimes daydream about a part-time life abroad, so I'm interested in connecting with Italians and expats.

This site is hosted on Ghost. I use subscription tiers for privacy purposes so I can keep some family things private and make no money from this site. Some things may be broken from time to time as I experiment with features.

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