Sim Park Shelter

Stopped here today to go to the bathroom continue to hold my bladder on a bike ride. This shelter at Sim Park so perfectly captures the optimism of mid-century architecture. Who wouldn't want a shelter built to withstand thermonuclear war with no playground nearby? But the place is so beautiful, even with the graffiti and the winter blahs. I hope the city can find a way, with the golf course, the river, and Botanica so close by, to make this a more inviting spot.

Locked. No bathroom break for me.

Phineas and Ferb

My two-year-old daughter is obsessed with the Disney show "Phineas and Ferb." It features stepbrothers who have amazing skills at invention and construction, and it's actually a pretty good cartoon.

The villain of the show is Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, an inventor who lives in a series of really great mid-century-style homes. Above is the Wright-esque Woodland House, where Dr. Doofenshmirtz takes women he meets online.

I've tried to post a couple screenshots and videos below, with varied success:

Doofenshmirtz house in the suburbs (4:20 mark)

Doofenshmirtz Evil, Incorporated (his primary lair, which looks a lot like a pipe wrench to me).

Check it out.