Now that I am in this blog world, it has sparked me to explore what is out there in the land of blog. On my far from exhaustive search, I stumbled upon 3191. It encompasses all that is good, simple and right about the art of creative dialogue, and the subtle yet complex endeavor of lives lived and shared. Two friends Mav and Steph who live 3191 miles apart, each take a photo of something in their daily lives, then post the images side by side on their site. If you are a fan of Uta Barth, you will be swept away. Warning, viewing is somewhat addicting.

Their first visual conversation 3191, A Year of Mornings began on January 1, 2007 and lasted the entire calendar year. Their exchange is being released in book form this Fall by Princeton Architectural Press. The friends have since moved on to A Year of Evenings. Here are a selection of some of my favorite moments so far.

mav:left/steph:right

Clocking all this driving in LA is so utterly inactive, can't let my brain turn to mush too. That is why I love 89.3 KPCC, listening to news instead of reading the paper almost feels like cheating, it is such a pleasant way to absorb information. Got hooked on an interview with the sassy, outspoken Pamela Paul talking about her new book Parenting Inc.. If I waited to read it myself before blogging about it, well not such a promising prospect. Better to send the message forth and let you sort it out.

Anyway, the basic premise is right up my alley, Paul asks the question, do we really need to be buying all this shit for our kids? Not only that, she makes the argument that in doing so we are doing them an incredible disservice. So far I am fully on board. Okay now she asks, did you really need to buy the $800 stroller??? Well, honestly, I kinda did. She tried to shame me over the airways, but with some thought I concluded her disapproval was not half as bad as the shame I would have endured pushing around that hideous lack luster, un-stylish plastic Greco stroller from Babies R Us. Listen, I agree, all the plastic crap toys with bells and whistles coupled with all the mindless baby videos created to keep our babies occupied so we can have an extra half hour on our computers, well...shame on us. But, as to all the aesthetic, design and green advances made in the baby industry in the last couple of years, I say hallelujah!!