Over this month, our firm has considering moving its office, and we’ve been reviewing available office space downtown. It’s extremely instructive to be on this side of the developers’ table. Our options: 1) Stay put. We love City Market. We…
I’m enjoying a weekend with two pairs of new shoes. Both pairs are Camper. The style is hip, and the materials are environmentally friendly at a level that’s over my head. But like a previous pair I’m replacing, what thrills…
Gathered some empirical evidence on parking this weekend. First, I rushed to a Friday morning meeting, running behind, and took a convenient 2-hour parking space near the office. Meetings continued all day, and by the time I returned to the…
Work is tense, I can’t sidestep it. The books say we have to pursue business while we’re busy to stay busy, so we are. And, it’s crazy hot outside, and it’s vacation season, and Anna and her mother are planning…
We warn each other about meter-reader sightings and the daily threat level for parking citations. The parallel spaces around our office are 2-hour, the deck spaces cost money, and the free spaces mean a three-block hike. I’ve been pushing the…
My little secret, that most people know, is that when I write this and talk about our “staff,” I usually only mean one other person. We have a very small office. My “staff” had the day off today, so the…
Among the thousand things I’m learning, one is big picture perspective. Last month, our firm wrote a series of very interesting proposals. I haven’t met a project I didn’t like yet, but some opportunities get the heart swooning a little…
Beer in hand, it’s very much Friday, and one for a long weekend. Just a few minutes before I’m late for dinner, and I’m not going to miss it. We spent the week cramming for a client meeting on Thursday,…
Friday was a flurry in some ways, Monday continues the tradition. If you are tempted to begin writing about your profession or your interest, I dare you to try it. In just three weeks of the habit, my mental notebook…
Staff conversations trend better than I expect, and that’s just fun. When one staff member recently returned from a whirlwind bus tour of the monuments of Europe, she commented first about the grandeur of the old classic cathedrals and coliseums,…