AS A HUSBAND AND A FATHER OF TWO LOVELY DAUGHTERS, there are times when I feel the need to sneak off at night and sit in front of my computer and download a movie from iTunes that’s full of action. The more explosions, chase scenes and shoot outs the better. [more]

So, I stumbled across this book: The Great Neigborhood Book, by the fine folks at PPS.

Well, I didn’t actually stumble across, Mark recommended it to me, and so I ordered it. And yes we have it for sale at einmaleins. (enough of the cheap sales tactic, on to the book review).

What can I say, but it blew me away! [more]

Olympia - The Sound of the City Next Door by Serena Bartlett and Perrin Randlette. Review by Bryan West.

All right, I admit it. I’m one of those people who walks into a bookstore and eventually finds himself in front of the travel books, you know, the Lonely Planets, Frommers, Rough Guides.