On the West lawn of the South Carolina State House in Columbia, the capital city of the state, resides the ninety-nine. Their numbers may be closer to a fifth of that, however it was difficult to know for sure as it was before 10am when they hold their morning General Assembly. I found a few folks …
I sat down with Silas, just as everything was winding down at 169 Mass Ave in Arlington, about a quarter till close. He was dialing in shots, trying to get a good taste of a new espresso in our line-up when we started. “Tell me about the first time you met Jaime” I asked. “I …
I began working with Artisan’s Asylum as a design intern and stopped by to take a few photos of the space. This is a period of expansion for this Somerville community maker space, so from these images it may not be quite obvious what Artisan’s Asylum is or what they do. However it is exciting …
Jumping into the Hard Cider process midway is as good as any place to start. At this point in the process you could actually drink what you have made, which seems to be a good thing when ever it come to alcohol. Even though it will (should) be alcoholic at this point, it may not …
I awoke to the sound of a railroad whistle. A sound I do not often hear. However in small towns across the mountainous Tennessee Valley that sound is very much present. With diner coffee and trolley cars, Roanoke is a valley from the past.
During the summer of 2009 I began carrying around small blank notecards to make ink drawings. I ended up using many of them for a writing project www.cuppingatlanta.com that was published at roughly the same time. It was a great excercise and helped me slowdown and identify and capture a few fleeting moments. There are quite …
Recently on www.twitter.com/barismo it was announced there will be a new coffee shop coming to a space in Cambridge, I went down to the proposed location and took a few photos of the space as is. It will be interesting to see the transformation, the building has great potential, and is in a very walkable …
The new sign at 169 Mass Ave. in Arlington is up! It took a few weeks for everything to come together, mainly due to the spot where the sign is mounted, right over the exhaust pipes for the roasters. In order to avoid the hot pipes and occasional cloud of smoke I was squeezing in …
Thanks for selecting my logo for the Somerville Winter Farmers Market!
Reading Oliver Sacks The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and other clinical tales I was overwhelmed at the idea of the perception-of-self illustrated through these stories. Starting from a neurological point of view one is confronted with extraordinary conditions that express the complexity we possess. It is tempting to reduce the complexities …