The Power of Scotch

Rothes consortium of whisky and scotch distillers announced a deal that will build a power plant fueled entirely by whisky by-products. Holy crap, this is the confluence of my two favorite things in life!

Inhabitat Whisky Power Article

Celo Cabin

This 1500 square foot cabin I designed with Samsel Architects features several green building features including an energy efficient envelope, high efficiency equipment, certified cedar shingles, a rain water collection cistern and dual flush toilets.


The house is located on an organic farm and sited along a wooded edge of a pasture. Care was taken to limit the visual impact the house had on the surrounding neighbors.


Concrete counter tops were made with recycled content and pebbles reclaimed from the dredging of a local river.


A cypress ceiling and maple cabinets, trim and floors lend warmth to the interior.


River stones from the site were used for the stone walls.

Graffiti Artist

Audacious, controversial, and secretive. British graffiti artist Banksy has created some of the most striking commentary on politics and society through his use of stencils.


Recent works include artwork in New Orleans after Katrina



Banksy Website

Winter Formal '08

Thanks to everyone for coming out to our 2nd annual Winter Formal party. The crowns were passed on to King Lauren and Queen Michelle. Hugh Hefner and Rudolph would be proud.


Chuck and Aimee looked fly


The running rabbits represent


Glamorous Marc and Stacy


Ahhhh, Eeeee, Ooooo?


The Brezny effect: upping the formal ante


Keith and Beth would have won best couple - however, such an award did not exist.


Special thanks to the 2007 Queen Sumaya and King Aaron for fulfilling their righteous duty of passing on the crowns to our 2008 winners.

Catskills, NY & ATP Fest

Here are some images from our trip to the Catskills in September. 3 nights rocking out at the ATP Music Fest in Monticello and then 2 nights chilling out at the Inn at Lake Joseph.

The music fest was held at Kutshers, a 50's era country club that was like stepping back in time.

the venue served perfectly as a slightly beat up play ground for about 3,000 "alt rock dorks"

Meat Puppets rocking out

Fuck Buttons, fucking with buttons

Les Savy Fav's lead singer being carried on a ladder through the crowd

The Inn was a beautiful turn of the century building by a 250 acre private lake.  Amenities included a pool table, ping pong, badminton, hiking trails, and kayaks.

There was a disturbing amount of bear poop on this trail



totally relaxed

The Mowercycle

just awesome

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Ashevillage Building Convergence

The Ashevillage Building Convergence is a 3 day conference happening right now in town. Check out the projects web page below for 14 active events going on this weekend where you can learn about sustainable building and living while lending a hand with a project that will better our community. Projects include rainwater harvesting, a green roof installation, the Arts to people mural project, and many others.

Ashevillage Projects

Special thanks to our friends Janell, Jenna, Aaron and others for their hard work on this event.