From an Earlier Web

2015

December

#fuckcancer #brothers #homefortheholidays #greymatter #cancersucks

Isn’t it funny how someplace you resented and scrapped so hard to get away from can become the ultimate place of comfort as an adult?

Practically have the place to myself. #giraffe

These folks make great beer. @baerlicbrewing #pdx #brewery

November

#pdx #fall #love #nature #leaves #heart #portland

A man rows his boat down the Willamette River with a fresh white Mt. Hood peaking out over the Tilikum Crossing in Portland at sunset. #snow #mthood #Tilikum #pdx #Oregon #sunset #love #bridge #mountain #cityscape #natu…

The stable. #history

October

There be fungus among us.

Attempted #murder. But honestly, there were thousands of crows in downtown #pdx this evening. Eerie.

Does not suck @ Lake Cushman #washington #olympicnationalpark

uspostalservice iPhone camera thinks the Paul Newman stamps I ordered are ten Paul Newmans. #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman

taylorswift pop #jiffypop #pdx

portlandcider’s take on a pastie. I wonder what a #yooper would think?

Not everyone in this town who wears flannel is a #lumbersexual. #pdx

I always get a kick out of this.

#Telekinesis at Mississippi Studios. #pdx

Soaking up as much sunshine as I can before it decides to go away for…a few months.

A very special #window.

Live music, local beer, homemade tamales and a good cause. #Bienestar #hillsboro

September

#VFW memorial plaza in Vancouver, WA

I need this shirt. #grumpy

I have found the vegan, gluten-free, GMO-free, nougat-free center of the hippy universe. #Eugene #Oregon

Top of the morning to ya. #pdx #mthood

#tillikumcrossing #pdx

Quiet morning waiting for the streetcar to make my first journey over the Tilikum Crossing. Portland completed the loop as well as the Orange line (light rail) and they opened this weekend. Nerding out. @ridetrimet #tra…

Wish I were catching the Orange. But Blue line it is. @ridetrimet #trimet #max #lightrail

Smell ya later. #vegas

#Utah #bigsky #zionnationalpark #alive

#Utah is easily one of the most spectacular states.

When you find a swimming hole in the desert

#Chevy #3200 #zionnationalpark #buffalo

#Vegas #caesarspalace

#lax #googie #architecture #mcm

That’s a bummer, man.

How sweet it is to have windows.

August

A hot spring in a lake in a volcano in a forest in Oregon. #latergram #paulinalake #Oregon #volcano #newberry #bend #deschutes

Newberry National Volcanic Monument. #love #Oregon

#exploregon #newberry #deschutes #hotsprings

Decided to take the #Porsche out for a drive.

Pretty excited about deez donuts. #bluestardonuts

Spotted in Portland @goldenharvest #pdx #lansing

#Beirut @zachcondon #mfnw #closerwithskype

#nofilter #sauvieisland #oregon #pdx

Messing around on #sauvieisland #portland #olivertractor #roboteyes

And…we’re back in business. #Beogram @bangolufsen

#pdx #skyline #pureroregon

Not a bad Wednesday after a hard day’s work. Beer collaboration with #bcorps between @newbelgium and @hopworksbeer. The party is behind me but the view up here is amazing.

landrover defender 90. #want

Nice…brush guard? #vw #bus

I LOL’d. #cheetahs #newengland #deflategate

Woke up in a dream. #Oregon

shinola notebooks at @powellsbooks #portland #detroit

Whose tag line was first: “Your adventure begins at visitbend.com” OR “Your trip begins at michigan.org”? @visitbend @puremichigan #puremichigan #visitbend

No contest. @craftworkdetroit hands down. Take me home. #Salem #Oregon #Detroit

Fallen heroes in #sellwood. Bucked. #lego

Looking for a house to rent in #sellwood. Grabbing some BBQ at Reverend’s. Beautiful day in #portland.

#Prosciutto everywhere @hamletpdx

A grainy iPhone picture of the rising #bluemoon this past weekend at #sauvieisland over the #columbiariver #vangogh, maybe? #latergram #skinnydipping #oregon #starrynight

Ever look closely at a #plum or a #pluot? They look like delicious little #galaxies. #stardust #fruit #space #time #fruittheory

#columbiarivergorge #Oregon #pdx

July

Hello there. #sauvieisland #bugs

On a potential site visit for a veteran’s housing and public services project and this is the neighbor. Thought it was cool until I saw the confederate flags. Too bad. #confederateflag #turkeys #chickens #pdx

Because 4am yoga on concrete is always a good idea @modesty4president #latergram #seattle

Stumbled upon a #sweatshop.

“Not your father’s root beer.” #hardrootbeer @smalltownbrewery @clarksbistroandpub

Obligatory #beard update for my mom. @debhagerty14

#pdx #place #placemaking #planning #architecture #placestudio #landscapearchitecture

Food pod. #pdx #camper

My favorite things. @lardopdx @buoybeer #buoyatlardo #beer #pdx

Feeling like a warm fall night, neighbor. #church

This state has that whole import substitution thing down pat. Catsup?

Latergram. Crappy photo but was introduced to this great place called the Multnomah Whiskey Library last weekend. Speakeasy style place. Took awhile to get in, but the waitstaff are incredibly knowledgeable, even given…

Teddy Roosevelt. #roughrider #statue

Hey, why not? #weezer #projectpabst

Modern barbecuing.

The green room. #PDX

“The Big Legrowlski”. Abide. #PDX #growlers #lebowski

Urban planning trivia night. #portland #pdx #urbanplanning #lotuscardroom

First time seeing one of these.

Fun finds at the #portland Goodwill. #canon #tx #vintage #film

Found in our building. #diegorivera #detroit #dia #oregon

Those legs tho. Short hike up to #Bagby hot springs yesterday. I love this state. #Oregon

Oh, just the World Domination Summit 2015. No big deal. #wtf #PDX #wds2015

Coincidentally perfect. #badboys #pistons #reruns #detroit #laimbeer #pdx

Now I walk #alone. Chin up. #portland

The County takes its sustainability and social responsibility kind of seriously.

June

On my evening walk. This made me miss my Scrambler. #triumph #motorcycle

This city. #pdx #oregon #pot

Where the Willamette meets the Columbia. #portland #oregon

To many more days like this @maggiesisco #oregon #clacksmas #forest #rapids

The struggle is real here in Oregon. #heatwave

Affordable Housing Inventory Update at Metro

The #Oregon coast. #pdx #patches #nofilter

When I’m hungry, everything looks like bacon.

Mt. St. Helens (54 miles away @ 8,364 ft) with Mt. Rainier in the background (104 miles away @ 14,410 ft). #pdx

Not too shabby. Mt. Hood from 50 miles out. Elevation: 11,235 ft. #mthood #pdx

Up way too early.

A little late night maintenance, #welding on the tracks. #pdx #trimet #lightrail #slowshutter

The Compromise. #trees

Those things in the distance still throw me off from time to time. The county I work in is beautiful. #flatlander

Ain’t lost. #thuglife

From earlier in the week. Last resort coffee and taking notes like a second grader.

Anyone ever done this before? 2 hours? Sounds awesome. #ziptours

Meaner Wiener. #hillsboro #hotdogs #intheshadows

I love this city. #pdx #food #burgers

Hello there! #mthood #pdx

Spotted in the 5th quadrant today en route to a great BBQ with @jeffjpdx &co. #dodge #van #vintage #pdx

#multnomah #library

Still life with #rogue. #eighthop

Because it was the right thing to do. Week one down. #pdx #rogue

Buildings of #pdx.

They might be giants. #hillsboro #pnw

An excuse to get drunk on wine, but not a bad excuse. Painting vertical lines at #clarksbistroandpub #hillsboro

The #PNW. Where ferns grow in the sewer. #nature #pdx

Yep. #goodbeer #greatfood #hillsboro @clarksbistroandpub #pinedrops

Old and new stock. #TriMet #max #pdx #hillsboro

Beaverton Central. #trimet #oregon #pdx

#lardo #portland

#portland #willamette #sail

Nice try. #Honda #ev #charging #hillsboro

May

Things are getting pretty rowdy down here on Taylor. #starlightparade #portland

This must be one hell of a parade if people have been setting up over 7 hours early. #starlightparade #portland

#fortgeorge #Astoria #publichouse

Genius. #Astoria #Oregon #Taps

I guess this makes it official. #librarycard #multnomah #portland

Up at the buttcrack, racing the #sunrise. #pdx bound. #Detroit - #Portland #roadtrip

Found while cleaning. #wbw #msu #40lbslighter

Right on top while cleaning out the office.

Got the route planned. That doesn’t look too bad… #pdx #Detroit

“I park where I want” #corvette

Cleaning windows on the Boji #lansing

#thisoldsaddle #belt

Maybe we can “borrow” this truck @maggiesisco 😉 #canadadry

How well do #peppers travel? Ha

Time to start that diet I’ve been meaning to get on…lol

Here kitty, kitty. #tiger

Open the #windows.

#Pyrex #labflask #dirt #plants #herbs #experimenting

April

#Detroit #cliffbells #leonbridges

#Michigan Governor #RickSnyder at the Building Michigan Communities Conference. Politics aside, there’s something to be said about him being the first governor to attend Michigan’s largest community development and hous…

Saying my goodbyes. #Portland #Hawthorne

Hehe #chihuahua #greatdane

1: it is an unseasonably warm, amazingly awesome day. 2: it is my last day in #Portland and I’m trying to not let that bum me out. 3: I wish I had the heart and confidence of some of these not-so-great street performers…

Sunset on the #Oregon coast. Couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day to drive the 101. Cheers from #Pelican.

#degarde brewery’s Petit Azacca

#contemplation #Josiah #Oregon #coast

End of the line. #holyshit

Time to hit the countryside. #haha

There is beer here. #apexbar #azaccadryhopped #bearrepublic #portland

#Portland #skyline

I’m pretty sure dogs run this town. #ohsu

Now that’s a placemaking strategy I can get behind.

Onto #Bridgeport for the Hop Czar. #Portland

Great pour. #deschutes

Had to, and may have two. #deschutes #pinedrops

A couple of people having an extremely bad day?? #lovelansing

Nice little set of Homer Laughlin #coffee mugs found at #goodwill this weekend.

Nice #recordstoreday find at #voa. Wow. #vintage colonial wind-up #record player.

An easy, breezy Saturday. Forecast calls for brunch making, bike riding, thrifting, and Beer Grotto-ing.

Beautiful spring evening with a belly full of Jamaican food and a new issue of #theatlantic.

Biker babe on her new used bike! #Zoobies #oldtown #sundayfunday

I have acquired a #cowboy hat.

The new pornographers' #electricversion won me a free beer at #trivia. Love that album

Home Depot said it couldn’t be done. Shower diverter + 1/2" female pipe thread to 3/4" male garden hose thread converter + garden hose quick connect = my apartment now has laundry facilities and my clothes are clean for…

Good as new and glad to be out of that Malibu. #Shaheen doesn’t discriminate. #donthate #subaruofamerica

One of those days.

March

This place is great. #Zoobies

A good day! #cheers

Picture me rollin? #loaner #chevysontheroam

The garden has begun.

Finding some architectural #salvage pieces at #Detroit #antique mall.

#jeffersonchalmers #detroit

“Happiest #homeless person says…let #love burn your troubles away.” This guy is walking to the #cumberlandgap #Lansing #lovelansing

I went on a rant about 3rd wave coffee a few months ago. Well, this was my first nitro cold brew and it was delicious. #Lansing

Tiny #kitchen solutions.

#JohnVarvatos #detroit

Spring in #Detroit

I don’t know what I was thinking, but I should’ve bought this. #VOA #Lansing #Thrifting #velvetpainting

I want these machine heads. #elderly #Lansing #martin

Obviously thrilled. #cars

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. #darkhorse #doublecrookedtree #ipa

Better than a sharp stick in the eye. #Lansing

#moving along, slowly but surely.

#latergram because fur hat, that’s why. And it’s been a rough few weeks so why not laugh at yourself. Come on, Spring!!!

February

#Hozier #royaloak

#moving #myuglychair

Higher Grounds beans right around the corner at #GTPC

I can see this coming in handy in a few months.

#mecurybar #detroit

What a purrrfect day I’m having right meow.

Some #nextlevel #coffee making right here. #espro #frenchpress

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood at -1° #newcenter #detroit

This could be my part-time office soon. Zero complaints. #Detroit

You have outdone yourself, Dan. Keep your hands off my red #swingline! #officespace #milton #imgoingtosetthebuildingonfire

20,000 dreams #detroit

Proud owner. Thanks for the early bday gift @maggiesisco! #Pewabic #pint #cheers #madeindetroit #detroit #craftbrew #pottery

There goes my #hero

Pluck those #heartstrings all you lovely people. #valentines

My brother, there’s nothing he can’t do.

#chrisbathgate #macsbar #lansing

A) Will Dan kill me if I drink his last #Founders #KBS and B) will it even matter?

January

Silly kids 💦

The renovated lobby @ the Whitney.

#michigan #pewabic #pottery #detroit

#perspective #belleisle #detroit #centralpark #manhattan #olmstead #maps

Offer accepted pending inspection and appraisal! #1923 #craftsman #bungalow

#stencil #brick

Oldest aquarium in North America. #belleisle #aquarium #detroit

Canal livin', #Detroit leanin'

#brunch #feed #Chicago