Author Archives: Ross
Part of the Food Burrito process is cooking the burrito in whatever grease happens to be in the cast iron pan from whenever ago. #garbageperson
Nothing loves capital letters more than the iOS 13 beta.
Haven’t gone swimming in the river in forEVER.
Protest HOWTO
This series of posts about the protests in Hong Kong, written by the Pinboard guy, seem like an instruction manual for large-scale protests in America. Should we get to that point, I guess.
Does your city’s downtown look like this?
All-door boarding and off-board fare payment is so legit. 20+ people got on the Pulse at the VCU Medical Center stop in less time than it took one guy paying with cash to get on the #1C at 2nd Street.
Huge construction truck honked, sped up, and gave me the finger as I crossed Main Street at the Pulse station *in the fucking crosswalk.* Every transit rider is a pedestrian, and every man in a truck is an asshole.
This year’s pickles were SO good that I’m sad I only made a couple jars. Next year, my goal is a dozen jars! PICKLES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.
I’ve started making parenting decisions by rolling a d20.
Possibly bad opinion: I think the Topgolf looks sweet from the highway.
NoBro’s affordable housing is affordable for whomst?
From this morning’s GMRVA; Roberto Roldan at Virginia Public Media, which is now the name of our local public media…group? collection of stations? squad?…looks into the affordable housing component of the proposed North of Broad development. Here’s the deal: The developer will build 80 affordable units by 2022 and then “the developer expects to build […]
Now that I’m back from vacation, where will I find two hours to ride my bike every day?
Using a TIF to subsidize affordable housing
From City Observatory: Portland’s tony Pearl District, adjacent to downtown, as blossomed in the past decade, adding more than 7,000 new residential units, plus offices and stores. The city’s policy has plowed tens of millions of dollars in the tax increment from new construction and rising property values into affordable housing in the neighborhood. That […]
From [Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Sit Down.](https://afroculinaria.com/2019/08/09/dear-disgruntled-white-plantation-visitors-sit-down/):
The Old South may be your American Downton Abbey but it is our American Horror Story, even under the best circumstances it represents the extraction of labor, talent and life we can never get back. When I do this work, it drains me, but I do it because I want my Ancestors to know not […]
This morning, the @GRTCTransit #1 was running *almost* an entire headway behind, which is functionally equivalent to running just slightly early, which means I ended up riding my bike in the rain to my meeting. Hmph.
Should not and will not
Love this bit from the James River Park System draft Master Plan: The consensus is that the JRPS should not and will not be building additional roads and parking lots to solve the growing access challenges on site, as that necessarily degrades the conservation of the park proper. Download the draft plan here and fill […]