The following was written back in May when I had COVID and read an entire 600 page book in 1 week. I sat on it for a while, but feel like it’s time to release this into the world for anybody who may be interested: I caught COVID last week and have been in my […]
My relationship with the city of Philly now officially spans more than a decade. Though I came to the city when I was younger, I only came to the city as a knowing and willing adult circa 2011 or so, when my friend Nick, who had grown up in Manhattan but moved to my hometown, […]
I’ve been thinking lately about the idea of ambition and how it relates to the places people decide to live. I’m almost finished reading Triumph of the City, a 2008 book by urban economist Ed Glaeser. In a nutshell, the book attempts to explain some of the basic tenets of urban economics like agglomeration, critical […]
In October, I took a big trip with my girlfriend Catt and my friends Nick and Doug. The impetus for the trip, aside from having not traveled abroad in three years and my plans to travel to East Asia again before COVID looking increasingly hopeless, was Nick’s sister’s wedding in Rome. We couldn’t decide between […]
Before I post some photos from my recent trip in October, I wanted to put up a few photos from this summer (and one from last) in Philly and New York. They’re mostly typical days, not necessarily doing anything special, just exploring the city and enjoying time with friends and my girlfriend. Lazy days, fun […]
This summer has been brutally hot. That might stop some people from going outside or drive some people to escape the heat by going to the beach, but me? I prefer my hot, sticky city summers. When the weather is at its worst is my favorite time to be here, in the overgrown, green-by-accident rectangular […]
A while back, I remember reading a blog post by Dzesika Devic about street photography and one line in particular stuck out to me – “I always wish I was somewhere else”. I think this is a common feeling amongst photographers (especially as it applies to time and our nostalgia for old photos of different […]