I am recently reminded of Vivian Gornick again. I’m not really in love with her or her writing but I am in love with her ability to bring you to a place so sacred and...
Although written a few weeks ago, I just came across this ZDNET article on South African township cell phone penetration. Having spent a chunk of time there, I know that locals use them frequently and...
I have to admit – getting to New Zealand wasn’t easy. Why is it when you book your trip months in advance you think that the trade off of having a layover for less money...
I was an airplane recently and met Gary, a 36 year old project manager who was going through a divorce. We were standing in the middle of the aisle waiting for the bathroom and although...
Like many people in the technology industry, I travel quite a bit, including those coast-to-coast flights, the leg that was easy to book direct, often reasonably priced, fairly painless, and rarely overbooked and …. You...
Thanks to great search engines, I was able to track down an old African band favorite: eVoid, not to be found on U.S. soil. I had to order it from South Africa, however both CDs...
Me on safari
I can’t believe I’ve been here in Africa for a month and a half! I’ve never been anywhere that long on a vacation – it has been wonderful – and bits of it...
I attended a book launch party in New York recently to celebrate the launch of The Starfish and the Spider, held interestingly enough at the British consulate's house on the Upper East Side. While I...
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