Daydreams

* Get a job at a rad arch firm in nyc. Move to a little home in Brooklyn, and have a baby. Because in nyc it is not weird [I assume] to live in a little place with a baby
* Become licensed pilots. Buy a seaplane. Move to a remote tropical island where it is our jobs to fly visitors on and off the island
* Score the highly coveted internship with this American life
* Run a b&b. pretty much anywhere. But, a really effing cute one that we design from head to toe
* Drag ben to providence. Get my masters from RISD
* Move somewhere that land is cheap. Have a barn in which we letterpress things. Also, a goat and a garden and fields where baby can run around in cloth diapers and we can build a teepee
* Sell everything. Move to [costa rica, france, Australia???] and just, get by
* Make graphics for metropolis magazine
* Move to the south, where there are swimming holes and pretty old buildings that cost less than one million dollars and it is actually hot in the summer
* Buy a bungalow in san diego. Somewhere we can walk to a favorite restaurant. Slowly transition into making pretty things like wedding invitations all day. Go to the beach while ben surfs and travel as much as possible to above referenced locations

"My new years resolution is to make an infographic on every This American Life ever made. The idea is to expand and add context to the stories and information contained in the shows. Basically, anything I am curious about while listening to the pieces." Source.

Seriously? When two things that you deeply love and are totally unrelated come together, it is magic.

Thanks for the heads up, Kate.

*did I put make info graphics on my daydreams list? cause, that is one of them.

Let's add to the list of the daydreams uprooting and replanting in Vauban, Germany....

"Vauban, Germany, is an affluent new suburban community that differs from traditional suburbs in many respects. The most important difference is that cars are forbidden on most of Vauban's streets, and houses cannot have driveways or garages. Though not quite car-free, Vauban, a district of Freiburg, near the Swiss border, is a highly "car-reduced" suburb."

"Biking and walking are the principal means of transport within the community. A tram that runs down the spine of the district connects Vauban to the train station and downtown Freiburg .... residents who wish to own a car can do so, but must must generally park it in one of two municipal garages at the edge of town. So for most errands, it's easier to walk to the store than to walk to the car. Also, spaces must be bought, for about $40,000. The garages are also home to a car-sharing service, which car-less residents rely on for things like weekend ski trips."

"To make sure that residents can live in Vauban without a car, it is a "mixed use" community: stores, banks and restaurants are sprinkled along the main street of Vauban, and that street is within walking distance of all homes. In many traditional suburbs, houses are in areas that are purely residential, according to zoning laws. Stores and banks are often distant, requiring a car ride."

"Many people move to Vauban not for environmental reasons, but because they feel that a car-free environment is far better for children. Indeed, children are everywhere! With no cars on the streets, many residents call Vauban a children's paradise, where youngsters wander from a young age in safety. Even some residents who say they miss the convenience of a car at their doorstep have concluded that it is worth the tradeoff."