Poetic pragmatism, neo-transcendentalism, bikes, burritos, basketball.
At this point, I have an intimacy with the Marriott Courtyard that is likely registered in my DNA. I could be blindfolded and tossed into the lobby of a Courtyard, and I’d be in my room, ironing my shirts, and drinking a Coors Light from the mini-bar within 5 minutes. Every once in a while [...]
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Walking around the Maxwell Food Market near Singapore’s Chinatown reminded of Wong Kar Wai’s excellent movie about Hong Kong in the early 60’s In the Mood for Love. After I watched it last night, I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to actually travel back in time, or just walk inside an imagined version of the past.
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A formula for determining your NPR name: You take your middle initial and insert it somewhere into your first name. Then you add on the smallest foreign town you’ve ever visited. Yelapa is a tiny village near Sayulita, Mexico, and the naming formula was concocted by Liana Maeby.
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If you haven’t been to San Juan Bautista, you need to go. It’s a little ways south of San Jose, an hour east of Big Sur, a long but not impossible trip from San Francisco. Mara and I were there last winter, and I keep meaning to spread the word. It’s a real getaway with [...]
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It’s kinda strange (and thrilling) to browse through the many alleyways and avenues of Flickr and suddenly unearth a photo of ... yourself. Just now I came across this picture of myself and a shadowy figure, who I suspect is UX it-guy Jan Chipchase taken last summer during UX Week. My hazy recollection: We met [...]
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This is an incredible mosaic in the bathroom of the New Museum of Contemporary art in New York. It is also EASILY the most impressive thing in the whole museum. New York was filled with good times, as usual, but a couple of the things that totally blew my mind (and that are link-friendly) were [...]
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It started in London. I was there for, wow, how long? Three days? Seemed like three weeks. Cold, rainy, dark at 4pm, transcontinental travel, Ambien, fish & chips, trucks unloading just outside the window the Radisson all night long. I wasn’t sure if I was sick, tired, both, half-awake, or what. Good times, as always. [...]
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Inspired by the list-makers here and here. San Francisco Kailua, Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii Hamburg, Germany Amsterdam, Netherlands Eindhoven, Netherlands Munich, Germany* London, England* Cardiff, Wales Washington DC (A small town in the Italian Alps) Alicante, Spain Hong Kong Sydney, Australia Adelaide, Australia Melbourne, Australia Tokyo, Japan Warsaw, Indiana Chicago, Illinois Kansas City, Missouri* Leawood, Kansas [...]
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My name is Doug LeMoine. I work both on, and for, the Internet. You can find more about me in the About Me page that I wrote about me.
