Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB

Architect living and working in STL

[Mike Monaco @MikeMonaco_]

I challenge you to not get goosebumps watching this.

NHL Opening Night on @ESPN.

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

@CaraSpencerSTL My alley and I’m three blocks from STL Police head quarters.

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

@bobbyfijan Yes please

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

@bobbyfijan Would be interested for sure.

[The Extreme Music Enthusiast @TheExtremeMusi1]

"Mad World" performed by Curt Smith of Tears for Fears with his daughter, Diva.

[Mark Mandale @cumbrianbluess]

OMG OMG!!!! Look at that a shooting star, what a shot!!!! #auroa #northernlights

[Stefan @Stefan__Powell]

60,000ft in 2min

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

Excited to get this project started!

[CityScene STL @CitySceneSTL]

Rendering showing AHM's Arsenal and Minnesota apartment project. 18 total units. The row homes on Arsenal are a nice touch.

Little projects like this strengthen neighborhoods. Far more are needed.

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

I was literally telling someone about this place today - pretty much my experience there too. Absolutely amazing!

[not your lawyer @schizesq]

In San Fran for the 1st time. Tour guide said to come here & not even look at a menu, just ask “what are you making today?” We did that & the very old waitress said “yes I make you food” and took our menus and walked away. This is about to be the best meal of my life.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Kris Kristofferson died yesterday at 88.

A surprising number of folks don't know that as a young man, he was an Army officer, a helicopter pilot, and a graduate of Ranger School.

He understood patriotism and service, which is why it pissed him off when fake patriots co-opted the flag to push their rightwing bullshit.

The actor Ethan Hawke once wrote a profile on him, which included witnessing this incident firsthand:

STANDING BACKSTAGE AT THE BEACON Theatre in New York, leaning against a crumbling brick wall in the dark, I could barely see Kris Kristofferson standing to my left. Willie Nelson was in the shadows to my right. Ray Charles was standing beside Willie, idly shifting his weight back and forth. A bit farther along the wall were Elvis Costello, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Shelby Lynne, Paul Simon and respective managers, friends and family. Everybody was nervous and tight. We were there for Willie Nelson’s 70th birthday concert in 2003.

Up from the basement came one of country music’s brightest stars (who shall remain nameless). At that moment in time, the Star had a monster radio hit about bombing America’s enemies back into the Stone Age.

“Happy birthday,” the Star said to Willie, breezing by us. As he passed Kristofferson in one long, confident stride, out of the corner of his mouth came “None of that lefty shit out there tonight, Kris.”

“What the luck did you just say to me?” Kris growled, stepping forward.

“Oh, no,” groaned Willie under his breath. “Don’t get Kris all riled up.”

“You heard me,” the Star said, walking away in the darkness.

“Don’t turn your back to me boy,” Kristofferson shouted, not giving a shit that basically the entire music industry seemed to be flanking him.

The Star turned around: “I don’t want any problems, Kris – I just want you to tone it down.”

“You ever worn your country’s uniform?” Kris asked rhetorically.

“What?”

“Don’t ‘What?’ me, boy! You heard the question. You just don’t like the answer.” He paused just long enough to get a full chest of air. “I asked, ‘Have you ever served your country?’ The answer is, no, you have not. Have you ever killed another man? Huh? Have you ever taken another man’s life and then cashed the check your country gave you for doing it? No, you have not. So shut the fuck up!” I could feel his body pulsing with anger next to me. “You don’t know what the hell you are talking about!”

“Whatever,” the young Star muttered.

Ray Charles stood motionless. Willie Nelson looked at me and shrugged mischievously like a kid in the back of the classroom.

Kristofferson took a deep inhale and leaned against the wall, still vibrating with adrenaline. He looked over at Willie as if to say, “Don’t say a word.” Then his eyes found me.

“You know what Waylon Jennings said about guys like him?” he whispered.

I shook my head.

“They’re doin’ to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin’.”

/end text/

Full essay here: https://t.co/PUdrXat98z

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

@iluminatibot @KevinKellyUSA thought you might enjoy this one! 😂

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

@Beganovic2024 @PresbyterianStl It would be nice if there was a plan to resolve that. The one examiner is quite overwhelmed!

[𝑲 𝑨 𝒁 @kvzxxm]

realest tweet ever.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

When you talk to your Mom on the phone

[First Touch Media ⚜️ @FirstTouch314]

#Messi feasting? The best GK in #MLS has something to say…

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

That was smooth

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Good one sigh

[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

Childhood crush holding up well.

[Aaron Bunse, AIA, NCARB @therealbunse]

The way he keeps standing with his foot in the tractor 🤘

[Bobby Wesson @BobbyLWesson]

This. One hundred percent this. 👇🏽