A giraffe at the Woodland Park Zoo comes in for a snack.
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The Indian Latin Lover of Palms Beach
Source TOI Image via The Hindu
Before there were blogs, I spent a quarter studying sustainable development in southern India. I maintained an email distribution list of friends who wanted updates on my travels. Many nights involved entertainments of the herbal or alcoholic kind. There were roof-top full-moon parties and midnight swims in the ocean (the floating garbage was harder to see in the moonlight). Some evenings were spent on planting plans and composting toilet design. But occasionally, I sat down at a computer and wrote about my adventures. This is one of those stories. Read More
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The First Rule of Bravo Club
Photo from another production of the Consul used in the booklet
The first rule of Bravo Club is…
You must be under 40 at the beginning of the opera season. Okay, so that’s different from the first rule of Fight Club. But there is one similarity between the two – the first rule is the only rule.
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Discovering the Shadow Hero
When I was researching an article about graphic novels for pre-teens, I discovered The Shadow Hero. It didn’t meet the requirements for the article, but I was fascinated by it, so I had to read it anyway. Read More
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Hutong View
This view of a hutong was taken from the window of our high rise hotel room in Beijing in 2007. I wonder if it is still there?