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© jeff koehler

Even though I'd pick off the sardines, this photograph by Jeff Koehler makes me hungry. Jeff is an American food writer, cookbook author and photographer based in Barcelona. We've worked together on travel stories in Spain, and it's a treat to both travel and eat with Jeff. He really knows his way around the Spanish kitchen.

Closer to home, I was in Detroit this week, and though it was a quick trip, I have three new culinary bookmarks: Slow's Bar Bar BQ, Avalon International Breads, and Supino Pizzeria.

remember

sky for charlie © kjm

as seen: micro landscape

snow on mom's car © kjm

Spring has not yet sprung.

within reach: stretchy

net from clementine box © kjm

Again with the clementines.

[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]

i love this photo, #27

Madison Street on Sunday Morning © Art Shay

I love this photo by the photographer Art Shay. I saw it recently for the first time, at a lovely party hosted by Milwaukee collectors Carol and Len. They have many beautiful pictures in their home, but I couldn't stop gazing into this one - so much to discover, and amazing composition of both content and graphic elements. It's a street photograph's street photograph. Shay still resides in Chicago, where this photo was taken in 1949.

as seen: iObit

page a27, sunday new york times © kjm

old school

© kjm

She loves dark chocolate raspberry cremes.  And me.

within reach: stack

magazines © kjm

[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]

within reach: shards

© kjm

Sadly, I dropped this vintage Mexican bird painting while cleaning (really?) the other day. It fell flat on the ground, and most of the broken glass was contained within the hand-carved frame.

[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]

within reach: bagged

clementine in green produce bag © kjm

[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]

up and back

Highway 7 Location © kjm

I'm exhausted after driving 16 hours in the past two days, for two assignments in Minnesota. The upside: nice, interesting subjects, a quick lunch with Cheryl and Mark, and this immaculate, closed-down Wendy's in the town of Hutchinson.

within reach: ripe

banana on fiestaware plate © kjm

[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]

within reach: cling

dryer sheet © kjm

[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]

20x200!

Kauffman Avenue Location (left), Xenia Avenue Location, #1 (right) © kjm

I'm thrilled to announce that two photos from my Fast Food series will be released tomorrow as 20x200 editions. I'm not allowed to say which pictures they are (not either of the two new ones above), but they're definitely two of my favorites.

I've been a fan of 20x200 for a while now (from the collecting side of things) and have bought work by Kelly Shimoda, Bert Teunissen, Carrie Marill, The Starn Twins, Don Hamerman, and Brian Ulrich. I missed Andrew Hetherington's picture, because I made the mistake of blinking, and poof!, it was gone. If you don't already know, you can sign up for their email list, which gives you notification a few hours early. If not, visit the site at 2pm Eastern time tomorrow!

within reach: study

desktop © kjm

My dad used to bring home unwanted furniture - wooden chairs and metal desks - from his office when we were kids. I didn't think much of it then, but they were 50's and 60's era pieces, so I came to appreciate their design. One chair even has "save for Jim" still scrawled on the bottom. As a result, I currently sit at the same desk I didn't study at 25 years ago: a green, metal Globe-Wernicke. I have an appreciation for objects (maybe especially a desk) that have had different homes and owners in their lifetimes.

This weekend, I did some deep cleaning, removing mountains of papers from it's surfaces. I'm not sure what the material of the desktop actually is, but it's hard to clean and has a memory to it's soft surface. This is just one particularly ugly and beautiful corner.

[within reach is a series of photographs examining the environment of home in detail]