Category: travel
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Song 2: “God’s Child” – David Byrne and Selena This is what I remember about Montréal: Spring Break 2001, drinking Turkish coffee (by way of Beirut) at Salam’s flat. Later… more ›
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In these dog days of July, I feel the heat dissipating every ounce of strength my body once contained. My mind has grown stagnant. And for the past six months,… more ›
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I saved $50 dollars on my senior ring because I had a friend in the town over who had family who ran a jewelry store. All I had to do… more ›
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While I was visiting Berlin in 1996 after conducting my thesis research, I stayed with Andrew. How did I know the architect Andrew and then manage to meet up with… more ›
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I arrived in Wiesbaden yesterday morning after what was perhaps the most pleasant flight of my entire life. The difference a friendly and competent flight attendant, a wonderful travel partner,… more ›
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I have finished lecturing. I have graded all final exams, essays, and late assignments. I have computed and fudged and inflated all course grades. I have submitted course grades. I… more ›
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I’ve recently discovered outrageously inexpensive airfare to Europe, and you might as well think I’ve discovered a cure for erotodromomania as well: $139 one-way from DFW to Frankfurt, Germany. I… more ›
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Today is the last day of 2008–an arbitrary date and an arbitrary number. The older I get, the more in sync I become with natural time: the phases of the… more ›
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They came from Mexico to work our fields. They came from Russia to marry us. From Poland to clean our offices. From Japan to serve us tea in expensive restaurants.… more ›
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Bally Sagoo is one of those rare musicians and DJs who can take something as ethnically cramped as a Bollywood hit and make it an international sensation. I don’t remember… more ›