The 4 emotional stages of the Iowa Writers Workshop, summer session: EXCITEMENT - there's always so much excitement to joining a new group, especially when I go to an exotic place like Iowa City! HAPPINESS - downtown Iowa City is awesome. Lots of restaurants, lots of cafes, several gyms, a few...

If you're a fan of typography, I highly suggest checking out Words Are Pictures. I was pleasantly surprised to find the first two featured pieces for two of my most decadent passions - BMW and Persian poetry. Call it synchronicity, if you will. Maybe it's just a stroke of sheer randomness. Special...

I decided to buy some more art for my pad. Now, I'm not really a photography person, but I have been following Troy Paiva -- aka "Lost America" -- and his night photography for quite a while and decided to buy one or two of his prints. I love old signage of motels and desert scenes (I was so bummed...