The Goodspeed Update

So far, my trip to South Africa is going great. I won’t have the opportunity to write much here until after I return in July, but I thought I would share a few highlight photos.
Our studio class is examining housing and economic issues in a small town about two hours from Cape Town called McGregor. […]

Tomorrow I’ll be boarding a flight to Cape Town, South Africa, where I’ll be spending the next month studying abroad. Our group will be completing a studio report on a small, 200-year old town outside of the city.
While Cape Town is renowned as a fascinating and beautiful place, I think I’d like any place where […]

I will be in Philadelphia this weekend from Friday, 4/13 to Monday, 4/16 to attend the American Planning Association 2007 National Planning Conference. I will be attending the “Revolutionize Citizen Participation Using Internet Technology” session on Saturday and the student reception that evening, as well as a variety of other sessions. Let me know if […]

I just returned from visiting my girlfriend Libby in Michigan and parents in Maine. In Michigan Libby and I stayed at the Inn on Ferry Street, ate a Coney dog, saw a Tigers game, browsed the shelves in John King Books North, and spent time in Ferndale and Royal Oak. I noticed construction has begun […]

My friend Emily got married this weekend at the Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, California on the Monterey Peninsula. A group of us from Greely High School made the trek to Carmel from all across the country. The ceremony was beautiful and it was great to catch up with old friends. I put the photos […]

It turns out the hottest new restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama isn’t exactly close to downtown. It’s in a strip mall across from a gated community way out at the fringes of the sprawl (I mean way out - beyond working farms.) At least they put this fountain out in the parking lot as a token […]

After nearly four solid months of hardly leaving the District limits, I find myself on the verge of a flurry of travel:
4/28-4/30: Ann Arbor (fun)
4/30-5/5: Montgomery, Alabama (work)
5/27-5/29: Carmel, California (friend’s wedding)
Of course, if you are in these places you have my number. I’m hoping to make it up to New York sometime soon, but […]