A friend’s mother passed away this week and she was laid to rest today. The unseasonable weather made for a fine backdrop to honor her life.

I’ve posted this Be Optimistic patch on Instagram a while back, but I was taking it home to find something to sew it on and the light warranted a shot from the “big” camera. I do dig it so. It was posting this or the only other photo I took today:  Me sitting on the couch [...]

Soon I’ll complete my hipster look with mustache wax. For now, I’m enjoying eyeglass frames that don’t slip down my face all the time. A hat tip to Warby Parker for making the complicated dance of buying glasses not only painless, but actually fun.

The day started out catching mascots from around the area play broomball on Fountain Square. They’re always doing something down there. It’s nice like that. Then it was over the river to grab lunch in Kentucky. (Above, the Roebling Bridge) Back to Ohio and drove around The Banks on the river to see how the [...]

Fluidic Sculpture design. That’s what Hyundai calls the new angles and creases appearing throughout their line-up. And I’m all for it. The cars are striking (though admittedly, the angle above makes this sedan appear rather tame.) I’m guessing that with all the fancy stretching of headlamps and tail lights, eventually we’re going to see the two [...]

Kelley needed photos for a spread in a magazine. I think the article was called, “Come to Dayton, Please!” The editors recommended having the photoshoot at the 2nd Street Market, which would have been fine, but I was angling to drive up and visit the installation by Patrick Dougherty at Wegerzyn Gardens. Everyone agreed and I [...]

Not sure why the geese like to hang out at Target so much around these parts. Previously…