Inflate - Purchase Our Inflatable Structures [boing boing]: e.g. Office in a Bucket. The Black Cat once had an inflatable office created by the Ant Farm. In the morning, he'd turn on the fan and the office would appear. Inside, it was its own little world with an obscure view out the window of the back porch of the building where it was situated on Union Street.

Restaurant turnaround, big deal.

The best approach is under the radar. Unfortunately The Black Cat is not a foodie or even business savvy.

He wants to go in. He wants to be welcomed or at least not scowled at (in North America, anyway). He wants to see a clean, bright, airy, honest space and furnishings, and if any style, he'd pick modern. The Black Cat likes special seats, such as a window seat with a view. He likes pricing moderate to low, food great and staff prompt, especially when it comes time to present the check.

Distant memory of a start-up: Intersection coffee house run by AH of Coffee Cantata

A favorite: Rocky Point Lodge, Klamath Falls

Nicholas Coley returns to Canessa with a new show...

Installation views of Donn Curry at Canessa, which closed this weekend.

More pictures of the earthquake shack...

This is the very last day the Black Cat could possibly visit the earthquake shack, and guess what, he was there and the so were the shack volunteers, mostly busy with packing. But they were very nice and told the small assembled crowd all about the "wood tents," who stayed there (the working class) and how they were built. Start with the floor (Douglas Fire 1x4); build the top plate around the four edges of the floor; raise the plate up and start nailing the redwood boards, usually 1x6, but in the case of the particular type "A" shack on view, 1x4. No studs are used (even at corners) except at openings.

If you have sharp eyes, you can figure out as well as anyone else how to build an earthquake shack.

Mississippi Renewal Katrina cottage, similar to earthquake shack...

Earthquake cottage is in there.

Depleted Uranium For Dummies By Irving Wesley Hall

15 Best Skylines in the World

America's overvalued real estate

Prospect Park cc courtesy Joe's NYC

A Trans-California Ramble: Re-walking John Muir's 1868 trip from San Francisco to Yosemite--a young couple from Santa Cruz walks and describes the experience on the web and later, in a book.

Update 4/8/2006: See the article in the paper.

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Nicholas Coley shows Bay Area Landscapes through March.

::Fat::Architecture::: "‘In a Lonely Place’ takes the form of a huge 7 meter inflated black sphere punctured by a half-timbered structure. Inside, a stair leads up to a viewing platform, from where the surrounding void is broken by small pinpricks of light, made by transparent panels cut into the sphere."

Architect at home with Santa Barbara tradition / Whimsical complex still plays by rules

Water Street is in danger of going the way of Vandewater.

[daily dose of imagery] trailer in snow

KevinFreitas.net ~ Tacoma's Deriugin house to be demolished ~ kevin freitas journal photos pics cheats projects seattle web developer: photo essay of handmade four-story house including exterior closeups and neighborhood views

PARK(ing) is a parking space south of Market turned into a park for a couple of sunny hours last month.