Sips from the Firehose

In Minnesota, this is considered a "treehouse." In LA, this is a million-dollar condo complex. (at Maplewood - Oakdale, Saint Paul, Minnesota)

Portrait of a snoring cat

French pastry shop "The Sweet Nuns" makes delicious cream puffs called "religieuses" - or "Nuns." (at Los Angeles - La Brea)

For 21 years this battered black leather warrior has been in every living room I've ever had. Today we set it out on the curb with full military honors (at Mid-City, Los Angeles)

Crispy garlic port belly FTW at the Farmers Market, taking about VR UX.

My cat Siberia - Siber for short - reacts to Trump's pronouncement that he is really good at the Siber. #SiberWarfare

JC Jubilo revealing the secrets of mobile app design #socaluxcamp

What is it with magazines now following the lead of cable news and plastering The Donald's mug on covers? Did the secret memo go out from media consultants that Trump=ratings success? Cause if so: kill me now.

Last time I was in Ecuador, I traveled in one of these (at Hosteria dos Chorreras Lodge)

While we were at El Mercurio in Cuenca, the papers site was hit by a DDOS attack. All too common in Ecuador, where journos are self-censoring (at Diario el Mercurio)

Teaching digital journalists in the Philosophy Building at the U of Cuenca (at University of Cuenca)

On the Andean continental divide with @janinewarner gasping for O2 (at Parque Nacional El Cajas - Cuenca)

Over the counter roids - and handy posters showing you how to inject them. (at Cuenca, Equador)

Breakfast at the charming Hotel Santa Lucia in Cuenca, Ecuador. Built in the 1800s and filled with antiques and art.

The offices of Fundamedios are in a haunted former military hospital where spectral nuns apparently ring the bells. (at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Quito)

Plan V - the Ecaudorian news site that has 70% women audience "Porque somos guapos." (at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Quito)