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Creation date / 2016 / May
- 168 Asian Mart
Michigan evening for Chinese groceries before driving to Iowa in the morning. Korean-style rice grown in the U.S. is something we don't see back home. The vegetables and sauces are much the same as everywhere. (168 Asian Mart, John R Road, Madison Heights, Michigan) 20160502 - Asian Grille Buffet
Changing pattern from Midwest Chinese restaurants to buffets, driving westbound across Michigan towards Iowa. On last trip westbound, found price at buffet same or lower than custom orders for lunch. Trading off on driving, expecting food coma. (Asian Grill Buffet, Benton Harbor, Michigan) 20160503 - Jefferson Street, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Quiet Tuesday evening in town with population less than 9000 in Iowa. Over dinner in local Chinese restaurant, discussed conveniences not available, e.g. no taxis, so farmers drive tractors if a car isn't available. Drove through campus of Iowa Wesleyan University, less than 600 students on 60 acres. (Jefferson Street, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) 20160504 - Salina, Iowa
Family dog watching out picture window onto rolling landscape of fields and roads in farm country. Temperature has swung from winter to summer within 3 days, rush to planting will be underway with forecasts for clear weather. (Salina, Iowa) 20160405 - Salina, Iowa
Warm and dry May day scheduled for planting on the farm. We went to the field to learn about agriculture in practice. Terrain was rolling hills, so the six row planter was steered according to the way water will flow on the ground. Moving around a little dirt surfaced a green bean buried under a little soil. We're just tourists from the city. (Salina, Iowa) 20160506 - North Market Square
Saturday family lunch, with leftovers to take home. Time squeezed between 5K run in morning, and art class in the afternoon, around university final exam schedule. Spring weather now holding constant. (North Market Square, E. College Street, Iowa City, Iowa) 20160507 - Jumer's Casino
Rest stop at casino just west of the Mississippi, on our way eastbound from Iowa on I-280. Didn't want to show ID to enter, so don't know if there's more than slot machines. (Jumer's Casino, Rock Island, Illinois) 20160510 - Que Huong
Dinner late, car failed after 10 hour drive east from Iowa. Pulled off highway in Plymouth County, Michigan, and drove to Clawson on local streets for more than an hour. Will take minivan in for diagnosis tomorrow. Vehicle is 13 years old, may or may not be at end of life. (Que Huong, Madison Heights, Michigan) 20160510 - Automaxx Windsor
Temporary plates installed for a test drive of a 2014 Mazda 5. We said we would drive the 2003 MPV we bought in 2007 until it died. We drove this morning from 14 Mile Road Troy not on freeways down to Detroit at 20-30mph, and through the tunnel back to Windsor. DY still wants a vehicle that will seat 5 to 6 people, so the Mazda 5 is the small alternative to the massive minivan or SUV alternatives. (Automaxx Windsor, Fontainebleau neighbourhood, east Windsor, Ontario) 20160511 - Automaxx Windsor
Diana waves goodbye to the minivan that we've had since 2007, through four sons learning to drive, with dents and scratches from inexperienced drivers. We transferred our suitcases and travel gear from the MPV into a smaller Mazda5, to continue our journey from Iowa east to Toronto. We removed practically everything from the vehicle destined for the scrap yard. The 4.5 hour drive home taught us the difference in visibility on a shorter car, since we've been driving taller minivans since the early 1990s. (Automaxx Windsor, Fontainbleau neighbourhood, east Windsor, Ontario) 20160511 - Shirin Kebab House
Meeting over Turkish pide and veal-lamb doner wrap in casual suburban diner. Ground beef pide is cheeseless recipe, and this is one of three places in the city serving it. Neighbourhood clientele includes toddlers. (Shirin Kebab House, Golden Mile, Scarborough, Ontario) 20160513 - Gerrard Square northeast footpath
Found pedestrian route south of rail tracks, north of parking garage at east end of parking structure. Biking south on Jones Avenue, turned westbound into parking laneway, crossed Galt Avenue to discover shortcut to shopping mall. These laneways have no house entries, so no name. (Gerrard Square northeast footpath, west of Galt Avenue, Riverdale, Ontario) 20160514 - DMZ at Ryerson U.
Meetup @BluemixGarage @RyersonDMZ with @AndrewSafranko presenting on IBM Innovation Incubator in Toronto. As I'm an IBM graduate, I'm not the usual target audience. Casual event to see how the company is changing (and not changed). (DMZ at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario) 20160516 - Dinner for systems thinking
Informal gathering, visiting guest anticipating Systems Thinking Ontario tomorrow night. Experimental fish soup with fuzzy melon and enoki mushrooms, then Chinese beef stew with daikon. Conversation shifted to American politics, then organization of system communities. (Riverside neighbourhood, Toronto, Ontario) 20150517 - Systems Thinking Ontario
Judith Rosen describing Anticipatory Systems Theory, being alive as Metabolism and Repair, complexity and the modeling relation, and refreshing on the Aristotelian four causes. Deep thinking covering a lot of territory in less than 2 hours. A return visit when university is in session is called for. (Systems Thinking Ontario, Lambert Lounge, OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario) 20160518