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December 28, 2005Ellen Makes HappyOne of the things I will miss when we leave for Thailand is watching Ellen DeGeneris on television. Her recent reruns of her shows produced in New York City...a stunning...Read this update December 26, 2005A Christmas GiftAfter rack of lamb marinated with fresh oregano, thyme, garlic and olive oil; tender gratin of baby spinach in a bechamel sauce with snow crab and east coast clams; brussel...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on December 26, 2005 11:02 AM
TrackBack | Category: Food, New York City, USA December 23, 2005More On MaoWe are grounded by the subway strike so have been reading more of the biography of Mao by authors Jung Chang, the author of the wonderful three-generation epic "Wild Swans,"...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on December 23, 2005 04:07 AM
TrackBack | Category: China, History, New York City, Reading, Reflections, Trains December 17, 2005Human Rights In ChinaYesterday, as Bob and I stepped out the door of the Thai Consolate on E 52nd St. where we were applying for our visas to Thailand, we were met by...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on December 17, 2005 07:49 AM
TrackBack | Category: China, New York City, Politics December 14, 2005"Anyway"The other day I was sorting through my hundreds of little pieces of paper crammed in my backpack during the last three years of travel and came across this poem...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on December 14, 2005 11:35 AM
TrackBack | Category: Bangkok, New York City, Reflections, Thailand New York City TriviaA friend from South Africa sent me some geography trivia: The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression "apple"...Read this update December 08, 2005More Life in BrooklynAccording to the winter issue of BKLYN magazine, Brooklyn, N.Y., barkeep Andy Heidel has drawn a line in the sawdust, posting the following on recent Sundays outside the Patio Lounge...Read this update December 05, 2005Babies Take ManhattanNanny's pushing babies in strollers are everywhere in Brooklyn, we noticed soon after arriving here, so it was no surprise when the New York Times ran a story December 1...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on December 5, 2005 08:04 AM
TrackBack | Category: Culture, New York City, USA December 01, 2005Museum Of Natural HistoryWhen we were in southern China last year we spent some time hiking and driving through parts of mountainous Yunnan Province that are populated primarily with, not Han Chinese, but...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on December 1, 2005 08:03 AM
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