The Gowanus Salon

Sharing stories and poems from and for the community.

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Another day cleaning up after Hurricane Maria. Awesome crew of people. My heart goes out to all that still have no power for the last 6 months, and might not for another 6 months. #communitysolar is my dream (at Puerto Rico)

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Hurricane cleanup day. Really glad to have a chance to help a little. 10s of thousands of homes still don’t have power. People still using gas generators. And many homes need to be fully gutted. (at Puerto Rico)

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Another night to remember at the Monastery. First Mason’s Lodge in the America’s. Built in 1670! Incredible!!! (Oh and that’s a giant hunk of sushi, ha) (at Old San Juan P.R)

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Successful Crypto Conference. Met some innovative & inspiring people. Now three days of volunteering with some PR hurricane relief. Very excited. (at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel)

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Brock giving his remarks at the end of the conference. Interesting character to say the lest. He is focused on helping PR, so I’ll give him credit for that. (at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel)

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Good Money talking about the future of money to help everyone. “Building community around helping others” -Katiyana (at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel)

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Her shirt says “Satoshi is Female” Awesome. MAMA HOPE is a cool Blockchain Non-Profit (at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel)

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#goodmoney is pretty cool combining cryoto, e-commerce & giving to those in need. I dig it (at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel)

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Great talk on SCC regulations on ICOs at the Crypto Conference in Puerto Rico (at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel)

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Lots of cigars (at San Juan, Puerto Rico)

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Real graffiti from the 1600s in a dungeon wall in the sold San Juan Fort. A Captain imprisoned for a mutiny to overthrow the Spanish in Puerto Rico. I think I like this guy, so artistic :) (at Old San Juan P.R)

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Puerto Rico for the next couple weeks. Crypto / Hurricane Relief / Tesla Solar / Rum. So many things. (at San Juan, Puerto Rico)

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The Future is Here: Intro

The Future is Here, and we are watching it unfold in front of our eyes. The Industrial Revolution in the early 1800s brought i...

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Why I'm Writing This Blog

Why am I writing this blog? I am embarking on a 30-day challenge to write a post once a day for the next 30 days. I'm doi...

I've started a blog called The Future is Here.  And I'm stoked it is! :D  Follow the blog as we explore what's coming down the pipeline for cities, startups, hyperloop, solar power,  AI, blockchain, venture capital, and much more.

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Winter is coming...there are good things to be had

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Today in Book News: Joan Didion is getting the Kickstarter treatment. Her nephew, Griffin Dunne, has turned to the crowd-funding site in order to put the iconic writer’s life on film, in a proposed documentary that borrows one of Didion’s lines for its title: We Tell Ourselves Stories To Live.

The documentary, which will be made in collaboration with director Susanne Rostock, aims to cobble together a vision of Didion’s life and career from old footage, the assembled memories of the writer herself and more than a dozen interviews with other artists such as Patti Smith and Vanessa Redgrave.

Also today, a dictionary hubbub, the Bronx loses its last full-service bookstore, and the house that inspired Peter Pan gets a restoration.

Read more here.

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If you are not participating in this Kickstarter project you’re missing out on literary history. This documentary looks like it will be fantastic!

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Very much looking forward to this film.  Joan Didion: who wrote about the lives that were being lived.  I would like to do that too.  

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WHERE YOU ARE

God takes you where you are...right now...wherever you are...whatever you are struggling with...straight...gay...single...married...perfectionist...broken.  It doesn't matter to Him...He just takes you as is, no problems.