Checking in From Sichuan

We are only on day two of this trip to sichuan and it feels like we've been gone a lot longer. I am typing now from an internet cafe up a dark alley in a little mountain town. The place is packed, seemingly moistly with young guysplaying either…

Aunt Judy in the house

So Aunt Judy is here, with Hal and Ruth and Jenny. And she's loving it, having a great time. I think her biggest obsession though is my Vonage phone. She just keeps calling Royal Oak and Huntington Woods, Michigan and saying "I only have to…
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Wild Great Wall Hike

Becky's parents, little sister Jenny and Aunt Judy arrived yesterday afternoon. They are only in Beijing for a few days as we are all leaving for Sichuan early Weds. morning and they are then continuing on without us.…

Woodie Alan gig video

The gig was a big success. I was suprisingly not nervous. Which is to say I was nervous but not freaking out. We had a huge turnout. Dave lives right around the corner from me and word definitely spread around that two guys from Riviera were…

Sleepovers and such

Full house here on Friday.. everyone had a friend over.. Anna's friend Lauren slept over and they were busy busy from the second she arrived until the second she left the next morning. Jacob had his classmate Harry Sha here. Also very happy…

Woodie Alan

Here you can see the very first photos of the mighty Woodie Alan. Photos from our third and final rehearsal last night, at the Stone Boat in Ritan Park, a great little bar. we were there past midnight hammering some stuff out and enjoying the…

Hmmm, cupcakes

Luckily, they have Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines here.

Last week’s column

A lot of people got error messages trying to read ths one. I have no idea why. Anyhow, here it is. I've gotten a lot of response, email and on forum, from this one. Drop by the forum and shake things up a bit.How the Internet ShrinksThe Distance…

Beijing Museum of Natural History

We finally made it to the Beijing Museum of Natural History yesterday. We had been told it was pretty good and it was.Before I get to the museum, let me address the parking. If that seems odd, The museum is situated in South Beijing, just on…

Pictures

Fresh from my camera to the blog, on an early saturday morning. We're having Jacob's birthday party this afternoon, pushed back from last week because of his illness -- which turned out to be salmonella. Ironic that he would get it, by far the…