In a post from our Alaska road trip, I wrote about my role as the photographer’s driver, with said photographer being my sister. Well, she’s at it again, this time winning FIRST PLACE in the 2013 Rosemount Photo Contest. Photos had to be taken in Rosemount or have something to do with Rosemount. Here is […]
The Salad Towers of Asia
Raise your hand if you’ve been to a Pizza Hut in Asia. If so, then you have no doubt been witness to the amazing skill of many Asian diners (particularly in China) in getting their money’s worth out of that one trip to the salad bar. Half the fun of going to a Pizza Hut […]
Lusting After Ice Cream?
In honor of the fact that today is National Ice Cream Day (who knew?), here are some photos of an ice cream vending machine I spotted in Germany last week. I particularly like the question on the machine, which a German guy standing next to me said could be roughly translated as “Do you really […]
The Doors of Schwaebisch-Gmuend
This week finds me in the southern German town of Schwaebisch-Gmuend, about an hour east of Stuttgart, attending a conference. In order to save a thousand bucks, I flew in a day early. This turned out to be a blessing (despite a cancelled flight from Amsterdam and subsequent re-routing through Frankfurt) because it gave me […]
Missing Beijing?
When I read news reports about the pollution and the traffic and the rain storms, the answer is a resounding NO! This video, however, it makes me want to jump on a plane and get back there as fast as I can (which is what I will do the end of this month). (email readers: […]
Measures, Counter-Measures, and Filial Piety
The Chinese have a saying: “shang you zheng ce, xia you dui ce.” A fairly literal translation is “the top adopts measures and the bottom adopts counter-measures. A more colloquial way of putting it is “the leaders make the policies and the people find a way around them.” This plays itself out in a thousand […]
