To the sober person, adventurous conduct seems insanity.-- Aristotle I awoke to the same rhythmic rocking that had lulled me to sleep seven hours earlier. I could hear David stirring on the bunk above, an …
October 11, 2007
Go Abroad!
French Food
A Marine in Iraq Remembers La Jolla
My neighborhood is a memory. I’ve been gone so long I can’t remember what’s real and what’s invented. It doesn’t matter much, I’m in a very Forrest Gump state of mind, fighting a war most …
October 4, 2007
Go, Go Brazil!
I don't want to compare to any other group of people, but Brazilians are not pushovers," says Jaro Pribyl. "They want to do something for themselves, they want to make more money, be more successful." …
September 6, 2007
Night and Day in Portugal
This restaurant is closed. "Point Loma and Ocean Beach were the traditional centers for the Portuguese in San Diego," said my friend Laura, a native San Diegan, as we settled down to our first meal …
August 23, 2007
France Meets California
"Old school vs. new school, Bob Hope vs. Adam Sandler, dirt vs. fruit."
Mystery in The Mundane
On January 17, 1995, a 7.2 earthquake struck just north of Kobe, Japan, at dawn. Between 6500 and 7000 people lost their lives. Twenty-six thousand were injured in Japan's worst quake since 1923. Many had …
August 9, 2007
Made in China
'We realized that our son, who was four at the time, needed new shoes," says Sara Bongiorni, author of A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy. "It's …
July 26, 2007
Frankie's Rides and Tirades
Title: Frankie's Rides and Tirades Address: http://frankiesrides.blogspot.com Author: Traci Brynne From: North Park Blogging since: June 2007 Post Date: June 25, 2007Post Title: Frankie Goes to Australia, Part 1 Six months ago, I applied for …
July 5, 2007
Dimitrios Kyranas in Athens, Greece
The Catch On one of the many beautiful -- thanks to global warming -- winter mornings, I decided to take the bus to university. My intention was to attend a student assembly, gauge the political …
May 31, 2007
Dimitrios Kyranas in Athens, Greece
Flashback Yesterday afternoon I looked at photos of my high school graduation. After going through them, I could not help proceeding to the album's following chapter -- my first days as an undergraduate student. The …
May 24, 2007
Dimitrios Kyranas in Athens, Greece
Spatiotemporal Unfairness The other day I leisurely rode the escalators of the central subway station of Athens, at Syntagma (Constitution) Square, situated right in front of the parliamentary building. It was ten minutes before the …
May 17, 2007
Dimitrios Kyranas in Athens, Greece
A Greek capital crime I was strolling this afternoon along the wide avenues that crisscross the center of Athens, the Greek capital, perusing its wonderful fauna -- stray cats, dogs, and pigeons -- posters advertising …
May 10, 2007
Dimitrios Kyranas in Athens, Greece
The Fake Greek It all began in late 1994: I realized that my English was superior to that of my schoolmates, all of whom had more or less the same exposure to English that I …
May 3, 2007
The Devil in His Cellar
"France is known for great wine, but that will never happen down here, because we're just South America."
April 19, 2007
Helen Leggatt In Canterbury, New Zealand: Style on a lifestyle block?
I got told off last week...by a chicken. I'd had a particularly late night and hadn't climbed out from under the bed blankets until 10 a.m. My ears tuned in to the new day and …
March 29, 2007