Feeding Time

A giraffe at the Woodland Park Zoo comes in for a snack....

The Indian Latin Lover of Palms Beach

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...

The First Rule of Bravo Club

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...

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...

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...