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Silicon Valley Culture and Burning Man…

By Tom Foremski on August 31, 2010 in California, Events, Featured, Nevada, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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{Rebecca Kaplan and team built the above 20-ft metal sculpture for Burning Man which traveled to San Francisco.)There's a strange hush around San Francisco and the Bay Area. There's fewer people around, there's a little...

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Calpis/Calpico

By Naomi Kuwabara on August 31, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos

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Calpis is a popular Japanese drink that is sweet and milky but at the same time light and refreshing. It’s a shame that it that never really took off in the United States. It’s probably...

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The Guest

By Jacques Legume on August 31, 2010 in All Countries, Europe, Featured, France, Paris, Photos

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Antony, 28 Aug, 2010 It's finally happened. An acquaintance from the states came to Paris, and actually wrote an asked to stay with me. I tried to explain that I lived in a rather...

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Is 62 REALLY too old to work?

By Jacques Legume on August 31, 2010 in France, Paris, Photos, Provence/Riviera

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Greetings from strike-ridden France, currently in partial paralysis due to a slew of strikes, to protest the goverment's proposed hike in the retirement age from 60 to 62. Never mind that 1/3 of...

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5 Fun Things to Do with Kids in & Around Anchorage

By Glennia Campbell on August 31, 2010 in Alaska, Anchorage, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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Planning a family vacation to Alaska? Be sure to stop in Anchorage, where fun activities for the whole family abound.  We spent a week in Anchorage in June, and these were some of the highlights...

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All the Tea in China

By Duncan Kabinu on August 31, 2010 in Asia, China, Featured, Photos

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The people of Chengdu love tea. No question about it. The city has the highest density of teahouses of any city in China. There are literally thousands of teashops, where people go to play cards, chat...

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An Interview with Ben Hammersley

By Haegwan Kim on August 31, 2010 in All Countries, Featured, Photos

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Haegwan Kim: Your professional engagement as a journalist widely expands to business to technology to foreign affairs. How does this happen?Ben Hammersley: Well, I think really the reason I do so many things is because...

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Celosia: Nature’s Prettiest Vegetable

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 31, 2010 in Africa, Benin, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Photos, West Africa

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By Amanda Stone You may know it as that pretty ornamental flower in your garden, but did you know that celosia could also be a delicious snack? This beautiful plant with flame-like flowers is actually a...

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