About AlanPaul
Alan Paul is the author of the New York Times bestseller One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band and the acclaimed memoir Big in China. He is also a singer and guitarist who fronts the Big in China band and Friends of the Brothers, the premier tribute to the Allman Brothers Band.
Entries by AlanPaul
Driver’s License story
This is from today’s Asian Wall Street Journal. Finally. Collision CourseIn China, Getting a Driver’s LicenseIs as Scary as Getting Behind the WheelBy ALAN PAULApril 7, 2006 For an open abdominal wound, such as protrusion of the small intestine tube, we should:a) Put it back.b) No treatment.c) Not put it back, but cover it with […]
R.I.P. Catherine Davis, 1966-2006
Dixie continues to recover well. Early reports indicate that he has yelled at least one nurse, surely a good sign. And yet… Just as I was feeling like I could exhale after weeks of months of holding my breath, I got hit by a sucker punch to the solar plexus this morning. I found out […]
So far, so good
Dixie had his surgery yesterday and everything went as well as possible. He is out of recovery and into a room. I actually just spoke to him on the phone and he sounded like.. himself with a dry throat. What a relief. My mom said he was in the room for five minutes before she, […]
Column feedback
Dixie is scheduled to be going under the knife as I write this for a 7-hour (!!) surgery. After staying pretty calm by and by after getting over the initial few days of shock, I am starting to be a nervous wreck, not quite sure what to do with myself. So what I decided to […]
My latest column
I can barely read this now, but I wrote it surprisingly easily. The arly feedback has been really uplifting and fairly voluminous. A Family Illness Back HomeMakes Distance Seem GreaterMarch 31, 2006 I was washing my hands early one morning when I got the call that everyone dreads. I stumbled to yank my mobile phone […]
Nation of Squirrel Hill
George Lange sent these pics along… the one of Dixie and DK was used to illustrate my column about Dixie… they wanted some baldheaded photos so I forwarded George’s email.. My editor’s one question was, “Is Jesse wearing a wig to cover his baldness for an event?” I almost fell off my chair laughing… especially […]
Back home now
We are back home safe and sound. We took the overnight train from Shanghai.. left at 7 pm and arrived in Beijing at 6:58 AM. We had a “soft sleeper” which is the top of the line accommodations. It cost about $50/per (anna free) and was really fun. The kids had a blast. The cabin […]
Ocean Park photos
Ocean Park is a pretty spectacular amusement park in Hong Kong, with a great aquarium and a panda exhibit as well. I really enjoyed it there.. took the kids while Becky worked. They all had a blast as well, though they preferred Disney. I tried to include a few shots that show the incredible views […]
Moving On…
We are in shanghai now.. staying in a funky servioce apartment.. common grounds are pretty run down but we have a clean and large 2 br apartment and kids love it and have space to move. shanghai is beautiful.. veryu old and very different from beijing or hong kong.. more later. i gasped when we […]