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Brad Lucas for City Council

I'm Brad Lucas. I enjoy figuring out how to optimize life, sometimes at the expense of poorly constructed systems. Life is a game. Play it in style.

Brad Hacks World Life's a game. Play it in style.

“Your first 10,000 photos are your worst.”

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

It has been an amazing week to celebrate 11 years married to the most amazing wife and adventure partner. This time of year, we usually take a vacation and eat amazing food to celebrate. This year, it was visiting Utah and some of it’s lovely n

Couldn’t have picked a better week to hike until our legs stopped working through two of our nations most beautiful national parks (Zion and Bryce Canyon). The National Park Service was created on August 25, 1916 to “preserve unimpaired t

A lovely cup of matcha latte from @protagonistcafe to help celebrate Bastille Day. #latergram

Been a while since my last post, but I thought of the refresh and joy that Camping Trip (CT25 ) brought a few weekends back and it inspired me to get outside a lot this weekend. #latergram

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Inspired by our October Hawaii trip, @ellemcpoopson made some amazing SPAM Musubi a week or so ago, and since the last few months have been such a blur, I realized I have not added any day-in-the-life perspectives to Insta for a while, so I thought I

Was nice to take a walk around the @mobotgarden Garden Glow for their last weekend recently. Amazing experience, as always!

Not at all surprising that the best MF poke bowl we have ever had is from a strip mall in Kona. #aloha🌺 #pokebowl #konahawaii

We got up at 4:15 a.m. today to hike straight up 1,048 old railroad tracks to get to the top of a crater before sunrise. Success!
Bonus: a small portion of a Death Bridge of Death @paddlestlouis would be proud of… and a rainbow after we came b

A lovely night catching up with old colleagues. #notplottingworlddomination #ormaybe

Quite the unusual meal prep “protein” for a Monday night. But hey, apparently I can cook a killer turkey.

Some days you just have to pull something apart, clean the hell out of it, and put it back together again. #oddlysatisfying #clickityclickityclack

A lovely and healthy AF Sunday breakfast with fresh smoked salmon, chickpea salads, and a refreshing berry citrus drink all crafted this morning by @ellemcpoopson

A lovely weekend to hang out by the pool with Libby and fam and break out the Australian wagyu Thor’s Hammer cut surrounded by some freshly cut fried potato wedges and assorted veggies.

What a perfect morning for a long walk, a “surprise it’s free entry for the next hour” Willie Nelson museum tour, some impromptu live music, and a build-your-own Bloody Mary brunch!

Well. That's it for now.

I like to find better ways to do things. This is my attempt, one post at a time, to help you see the game in everything, learn the rules, and figure out which rules you can bend. Still not entertained?