Callie Neylan

Callie Neylan

Seattle, Washington
12
Jun
When you're in love with a black baby.

When you're in love with a black baby.

She got on the Number 13 at 2nd and Galer. A white woman and a little black boy. You don’
5 min read
12
Jun
Friday, November 14. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

Friday, November 14. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

The trim. I prefer post-modern. Will prefers the traditional. And, lucky for Mies, we both prefer dogs, despite all this.
2 min read
12
Jun
Wednesday, October 8th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....

Wednesday, October 8th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....

It is that time. That time of transition. That time when one must think about the meta and the micro.
2 min read
12
Jun
The sound of a city.

The sound of a city.

Watching House of Cards makes me miss D.C. If ever there was an audio portrait of a city, this
1 min read
12
Jun
Architecture and writing rooms.

Architecture and writing rooms.

The table is dark wood with a walnut swirl, 5-6 feet in diameter. It’s nestled in the southeast corner
2 min read
12
Jun
On what designers can learn from icebergs and Ernest Hemingway.

On what designers can learn from icebergs and Ernest Hemingway.

My favorite passages In Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast are the direct, austere descriptions of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Painting
2 min read
12
Jun
Tuesday, September 16th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....

Tuesday, September 16th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....

Everything I ever needed to know about love and yearning I learned from loving books. Meeting for the first time
1 min read
12
Jun
On Seattle, hungry musicians, and the culinary arts.

On Seattle, hungry musicians, and the culinary arts.

Coffee, salmon, berries, kale, fennel, lavender, rosemary, hops, beer, wheat, wine, oysters, clams and Dungeness crab. These are foods and
1 min read
12
Jun
On naming and marriage and owning yourself.

On naming and marriage and owning yourself.

When Will and I were married, I did not take his last name. He was a little crestfallen when I
1 min read
12
Jun
White sugar. White backlash.

White sugar. White backlash.

I think Ferguson could use a little Nina Simone right now. Less backlash, more sugar. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen
1 min read