civic culture begins at dinnertime.
I want to tell you today about my favorite holiday. It’s Passover, and while I’m no longer a practicing Jew (in fact I consider myself a Humanist) I’ve found that […]
Tag Archives: food
scenes from haymarket.
this is a slightly edited version of a talk I gave at the Harvard GSD last week as part of a seminar with Richard Sennett, on the subject of the […]
from the archives: iceland’s food system, 2008.
Geothermal greenhouses, sheep, cows, blueberries, fish, whale. This is the incredible food (who knew?) of Iceland.
good jobs.
If you follow my twitter feed, you know that I’ve been thinking about jobs lately. Well, okay, everyone’s thinking about jobs lately. The president’s talking about it, the media’s dancing […]
knock for neighbors: food happenings in the home
I talk a lot on this blog about food happenings, informal economies, and cultural tourism. So when my friend Molly invited me to attend one of the pilot dinners for […]
Neighborhood Retrofitting: Making Place Matter [guest post]
Here is another gem from my dear friend Alex, about her experience in St. Louis. Enjoy! In my first post I extolled the City Museum, a hyper expression of St. […]
from the archives: kobenhavn
Copenhagen/Kobenhavn is known throughout the world as a model for urban living. And how. A mix of scales, public spaces, excellent public transportation and lots of beautiful people on bikes, […]
local food traditions
Today I want to talk about food. Okay, I always want to talk about food, but today I have a specific topic. I write a lot on this blog about […]
if you build it will they come? creating urban amenities
So, this was going to be a post about the Bumpkin Island Art Encampment. But I didn’t get there. Let’s just say, do not trust Boston Harbor Cruises to get […]
i went to charleston a month ago and all you got was this lousy post.
Well, probably at least two lousy posts. As you might have guessed, last month I took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina. It was four days of straight-up historic preservation […]
