DIY Funeral

I'm into the home funeral, and now, apparently, so is the NYTimes. I love the idea of the coffin acting as bookshelf until needed!

Building Bicycles for Two

I went to see the Starn Brothers' bamboo installation at Tallix yesterday (Big Bambu). Some of the really old, huge stalks of bamboo look like elephant legs. The artwork was okay, but what it really did was make me even more obsessed with the idea of doing the bamboo bike workshop in Brooklyn. I want a bamboo bike (and to provide one for someone who really needs transportation!!