California Fool’s Gold — Playa del Rey

A few weeks ago, I was part of a transit discussion at Frank Radio called Alternate Paths (with Lisa Kwon, Maylin Tu, Julia Beach, Greg Ruben, and Hunter Baoengstrum -- check it out!). Afterward, one of the attendees, a woman named Xochitl, asked whether I was ever going to do any more neighborhood explorations. I … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Playa del Rey

Where Fools Fear to Tread — Visiting Portmerion, Wales

Back in June, I visited Wales for the first time. I took the train to Portmerion. For the uninitiated, hereโ€™s what Wikipedia has to say: Portmeirion (/pษ”หrtหˆmษ›riษ™n/;[1] Welsh pronunciation: [pษ”rtหˆmeiฬฏrjษ”n]) is a folly[2] tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Dwyryd in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, 2 miles … Continue reading Where Fools Fear to Tread — Visiting Portmerion, Wales