iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

The interesting observation I’ve made about Atlanta is that you really feel like you’re doing the wrong thing walking anywhere at any hour of the day.  The car is king in the south, and the four lane drive-through bank you can see on the train from the air port signifies this.  That said, I do… Continue Reading Initial impressions of Atlanta

As I fly to Atlanta I’m starting another flurry of blog postings. The first one is my piling system. It’s like any old filing system only the key to it is large Zip-Lock Quick Zip bags. This allows you to collect items of all sizes, including 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper (which other… Continue Reading The Piling System

Monday of this week I had a full day (baring the time I spent responding to frantic E-Mails from Brock) to explore Chicago. I used this opportunity to head out to Wicker Park. On the Blue Line El’ on the way from O’Hare to downtown I noticed that there were a lot of nice lofts,… Continue Reading More Chicago

I made it to Chicago OK. I even made it to my hotel room here at the Fairmont (swanky) in time to catch the end of the world cup finals (Zidane, what was that?). I’ve since taken lots of pictures of Gotham Chicago and used my in-line skates to cover lots of the downtown core.… Continue Reading Chicago

Our trip to Montreal for the F1 race gets better every year. This year featured lots of in-town events and we for the first time did things right: stayed in a friend’s apartment and sprung for grandstand seating at turn 6 and 7. The race was going very well for the first 1/2. Kimi had… Continue Reading Trip From: St. Catharines > Toronto > Edmonton > Calgary > Montreal > Toronto > St. Catharines