In early March, Clear Cut Press, with support from the Netherlands Architecture Fund, flew Clear Cut author Matthijs Bouw from Amsterdam to North Pacific America to prepare for a four-city lecture tour. After an intense weekend of research with Seattle-based architect Jerry Garcia (designer of the Clear Cut book kiosk), Matthijs joined Matthew and I for a trip to Canada. Our purpose was to visit the Lux Ballroom at Vancouver’s Western Front artist collective, where Matthijs will lecture as part of the Unassociated Writers Conference (see below).