Category Archives: Travel

It’s April 28th, 2007 & I’m high above some state in the western United States, where the land is flat and cut into huge yet precise blocks by roads – nothing exists here to break up human-imposed geometries. A grid state. Possibly Nebraska. I’m currently sad, excited, scared, hopeful, wounded, … Continue reading →

or How To Survive Clam Wielding Sea Gulls… After sucky Friday & a lame Saturday, I decided to go visit my friend Delphine, a vet at the Marine Mammal Center (yep. “Delphine” works with “marine mammals”… perhaps my atheism is ill-considered). Anyway, I hopped on my bike (on a sunny … Continue reading →

Hey folks – I just got back from Burning Man & as usual it was a BIG time. I had a lots of fun & some not-so-fun as is my usual at BM. I am left with some pretty interesting thoughts/questions (some even disturbing) & some fantastic images. As usual, … Continue reading →

Here are the quick & dirty highlights from my trip to Paris – but if you really want to see many more cool pix of Paris & Budapest – you should go here…. Paris seems to have discovered my love for all things glam & sparkly (& no, it doesn’t … Continue reading →

I just got back to Paris from Budapest & since that means a dedicated DSL line again I feel at home*. (whew!) What did I do in Budapest?….. Why, I performed live in front of my adoring fans of course: You MUST HAVE QUICKTIME 7 to Play the Movie 90 … Continue reading →

So 2/3rds of my trip to India were spent visiting my Mom’s sisters & their families. The term for an aunt in Hindi is Massi. My research indicates that Massi’s are strong, sweet, intelligent, understanding women whose ultimate goal in life is to fatten nephews beyond reason and to generally … Continue reading →

As some of you know, on my recent trip to India, I spent a good bit of time trying to see a tiger at Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. After many attempts, this is the tiger as I saw it: Actually I was pretty happy with that until some folks … Continue reading →

I’m writing this somewhere over the Pacific on the way home from 16 days in LOMP – the Land of My People – India*. I guess my favorite moment of the trip was the most surreal one & it happened late in my stay. It was this Dance Off / … Continue reading →