The Worlds of Xochimilco By Cherie Magnus A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. ~William Wordsworth In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn Xochimilco, the place of the flower fields (in Nahuatl), is at ... Read More
Leaving San Miguel By Cherie Magnus If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else. –Yogi Berra That terrible ache and nostalgia for home when home is gone, and this isnt it. And the sun so white like an onion. And who ... Read More
By Andrew Muigai Namibia is a largely arid country of stark rough-hewn beauty. The most vivid images are those of a haunting Technicolor landscape of swirling orange dunes, shimmering mirages and treacherous dust devils. The apparent desolation is deceptive and plant and animal life and ... Read More
A Comparison of Giants – The Modern SUV versus the American Seventies Car By Jeffrey the Barak 2004 Toyota Sequoia SUV 1974 Cadillac Coupe de Ville In the early 1980’s Americans bought little Toyotas, Hondas, BMW’s etc. in such numbers that many of the manufacturers ... Read More
By Patrick Mascoe. In 1991, Cambodia reopened its doors to tourism for the first time in years. But after almost a decade, the tourism industry still finds itself developing at a rather cautious pace. Cambodia today, remains shaky both politically and economically. With over a ... Read More
Pushing the Amateurs – How one woman is trying to create a chapter of USABDA By Jeffrey the Barak USABDA – The United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association. You might expect a big dancing town like Los Angeles to have a large chapter of USABDA, ... Read More
Corpus Christi in San Miguel By Cherie Magnus My first day back in San Miguel de Allende after three weeks, I ran around doing errands, unpacking, organizing, but I wasnt too busy to notice the hanging of red and gold satin and velvet banners from ... Read More
The Field Trip By Cherie Magnus Early on Saturday morning, I climbed into the minivan, found the last seat, and introduced myself to the seven women and one man filling the cramped interior. Buenos dias! Wont it be fun to see another state, archeological ruins, ... Read More
By Mike (Roadie) Marino This Roadhead has done a bit of traveling and asphalt kicking in his time, but when it comes to the sheer galactic gravitational pull of tourism few regions can top the G-force of Northern California. It’s a dazzling display of towering ... Read More
By S.D. Craig Okay, okay, so those of you who know me know I won’t be fifty until September. All right, a little white lie, then. And those of you who know me also realize I’m on the backside of a foot surgery last March. ... Read More
