The Silk Road in a Back Alley
Islam in China? Yes, if you follow the Silk Road all the way from Istambul to Beijing Mad musician at his day job They look Finnish to you? I heard the sounds of the Silk Road tonight. Yes, I know it once passed from Beijing to Istanbul, so I’m not…
Read MoreMysteries of Chinese ISP’s
Something fishy is going on with my ISP The cages protect the birds For one whole week in November, I emailed back and forth with my website host about problems I was having trying to upload new pages onto my website. I thought they’d changed login parameters on me, or…
Read MoreAn Afternoon with Harry
Harry is a human Wallpaper* Reading the Bible of Style Harry in Action Mode I can’t remember where I saw my first Wallpaper*, it was in someone’s swank bathroom in Moscow, and if you wanna talk form over function, style as religion, Wallpaper* is your bible. I’ve only bought Wallpaper*…
Read MoreLearning a Language Isn’t Easy
My first Chinese word, “mayo” is still the most important! I should’ve gone here first No language skills needed here Just nod your head, fool! Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with one of my workmates. She and I were talking about traveling and she was surprised that I’d traveled…
Read MoreVertical Living in Hong Kong
You want lights? You want action? You want Hong Kong! The view from the top The view from the bottom Vertical living at its best Beauty in Chaos The Portuguese do know color More Hong Kong photos! As Jennifer and I climbed into the back seat of a taxi outside…
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