Beutler’s Band Bash Benefit for ALS

Just got off the phone with Towson High School classmate, friend, extraordinary human Chris Beutler. He was diagnosed in 2019 with ALS and is spearheading this fantastic way of gathering the people that he’s worked with in the creative world to help raise money and awareness for people and their families coping with ALS. There will also be a live streaming component for those that cannot attend in person. Here’s more information. I’ll post links and updates as we get closer to date of show.

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LARRY LARS

Over the weekend, Piper and I attended the memorial for Lars in Almont, CO (near Crested Butte). We saw and spent time with many familiar (and new) lovely people (maybe 150 or so). The memorial (which was under a large outdoor shelter) was beautiful and simple, mostly it was friends and family getting up and sharing stories, reading poems, recalling memories, etc. with some common threads - Lars had a thirst for adventure, his creativity and problem solving were deeply admired and he had been so generous and thoughtful to so many with his time and energies over the decades. Lots of laughing, lots of tears and some more tears.

I read the poem below that I had written.

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Olympic Architecture

Here are two examples of buildings designed for specific Olympic events. It appears for sustainability sake, reuse is gaining popularity over iconic structures. Read more.

Yoyogi National Stadium by Kenzo Tange (1964) Handball, badminton and wheelchair rugby

Yoyogi National Stadium by Kenzo Tange (1964)
Handball, badminton and wheelchair rugby

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Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium by Fumihiko Maki (1991)
Table tennis

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the novel) Tarantino

Just read this new release by the same guy that made the movie a few years ago. It’s meta, pulpy, filled with excellent dialogue and follows the film but doesn’t bother to retell it. I look forward to not remembering which scenes are in which format (book or movie). So…if you enjoyed the love letter to Hollywood that was the theatre or screen experience, I highly recommend the paperback. Read more.

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Travels

We just returned from a trip visiting family in the North East (US) as well as the Mid-Atlantic. We departed Boston’s South Station by train on a cool drizzly Monday to go down to a hot and humid Penn Station in Baltimore. Great seeing parents, grand parents, cousins, siblings and friends.

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We stayed at this expansive row home in Mt Vernon (5 Blocks form Penn Station) where brother Jeffrey has house-sat many summers over the past 30yrs.

We stayed at this expansive row home in Mt Vernon (5 Blocks form Penn Station) where brother Jeffrey has house-sat many summers over the past 30yrs.

Sanborn Western Camps

Picked up Piper (15) yesterday. Sounds like she had the fantastic month we all hoped for her - endless stories, adventures and many deep connections with lovely people.

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Steel Window Frame/Trim Install on Rear Addition at 3415

Hayden & I installed this today. It reached 100º in Denver, luckily we wrapped-up by about 1pm. Very happy with how it came out and all-in-all not too difficult. Hayden should be able to weld the other smaller window (around the corner) in the next 2 week or so - will provide pictures and updates on that as well.

Note: The paint store was able to mix our preferred color and put it into a spray can for about $25.

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