Bloggers rarely have the opportunity to put a face to the name, to encounter in what techies call “meatspace” the folks we know so...

All good things, as they say, must come to an end. Predictably, spring migration, with its succession of stunning songbirds, is one of them....

The Core Team May warbler blitz continued unabated this weekend. We were joined by Seth, who has, at long last, succumbed to the sweet...

Spring migration has hit NYC hard, like a horde of bloodthirsty barbarians rampaging across the boroughs, except that the barbarians are actually exquisite songbirds...

Another year, another Mikemas. We spent the weekend celebrating my 36th birthday, which was Saturday. The festivities included brunch with family, drinks with friends,...

Sara and I awoke to a gray, drizzling Easter morning determined to cram as much sightseeing as possible in our final full day in...

Bainbridge Island is just a short ferry ride across the Puget Sound from downtown Seattle. Though the island, considered the gateway to the Olympic...

Feeling thoroughly refreshed well before sunrise, an unhappy but not unexpected result of the time difference between the East and West Coasts, we had...