BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN Rose and I returned to Seattle last night. Susan flew in from Chicago today. We all spent the day downtown (Rose worked and Susan and I hit Pike Place to buy some righteous salmon and purple asparagus, though I’ll miss the Ohio fish...

THE HEIDELBERG PROJECT A group of creative collecting artists have turned a Detroit block of decaying homes into a phantasmagorical land of creepy enchantment.

ELEGANT DECAY I have a new favorite city and it is Detroit. The haunting allure of rapidly rotting train stations, homes, factories, office buildings, theaters and streets strummed many chords in my dark aesthetic and filled my heart with equal parts loss and hope....

THE GREAT HALL Little did I know that Hogwarts had a U.S. subsidiary in Gambier, Ohio. Then I met Kenyon College. Built in 1824, the college’s stone-and-stained-glass dining room was only surprising in the fact that the chandeliers were hanging from the ceiling – not...

Ober there! Ober there! In search of a menu that contained anything green and leafy, we ventured to Oberlin figuring a college town must have some hippy food. We were not disappointed. After filling our gullets at The Feve with a Portobello burger and a somewhat odd...