The two weeks that we were in Aslace flew by and now we are in Paris. I must have taken over 500 pictures in the countryside and in the vineyards and some of them have turned out nice so I’ll post an album once I get a chance. We’ve been in Paris for three days. […]

Ok, here is my list of 20 random things that come to mind when I have to think of 20 random things about myself.
1. The first time I had sashimi (sushi with raw fish), I got vertigo. Now I love it.
2. The first time I had tofu, I didn’t keep it down for more […]

NPQ, as always, has some great articles online. In particular, I enjoyed this interview with Turkish novelist Elif Shafak. I’ve never read her work but many of the things she talks about bring me back to various discussions and experiences I had with friends while we were in Turkey.

Well it looks like I’ve been tagged so some time in the hopefully not too distant future I will try to think of a few things that most people don’t know about me and probably don’t care to know either way. I always enjoy reading these types of lists from my friends, like Adam, Pay, […]

Pictures are online from Italy and Nice (and surrounding areas). Our friends from Japan were on their honeymoon in Nice so we arranged to meet with them. It was a great time. They are turning out to be our travel buddies because we have now hung out with them in San Diego, San Francisco, Japan […]