My wife, my daughters, and I went a couple of weekends ago to a birthday party for another friend’s child — and it’s got me all down about the place where I live.
We live in the upper floor of a two-story house downtown, renting out the basement apartment. Not counting our deck or the front [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Home insecurity system
Posted in Domestic architecture, Public spaces, Suburbs on September 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Neighborhood clean-up, Saturday, September 13
Posted in Civic participation, Neighborhoods, Public spaces on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good news, city-dwelling neighborhood-lovers!
Weed & Seed is organizing a fall Clean-Up Day, next Saturday, Sepetmber 13. This is a great chance to make our neighborhoods look great before the snow falls.
According to their Fall newsletter (pdf, about 1.45 MB):
Weed & Seed partners are hosting a Gathering of Neighbors for the first annual Community-wide Fall Cleanup [...]
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