Entries by AlanPaul

Random wrap up

I was just on my laptop loading photos to send over for my latest NBC blog post and I realized I had some nice photos from David and Kathy’s visit that I never got up..thought I’d so so quickly.. More coming.. Delaware Dave sits in with Woodie Alan at CheersCafe. You like the new hat?I […]

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Basketball mania and more

Spent all day in the IBC today. That’s the International Broadcast Center. NBC’s setup is pretty wild — a labyrinthinian mini city. I may gain 20 pounds in the next few weeks too, because the catering is preposterous. burgers, pizzas, ice cream, smoothies…and free Starbucks. I had three Americanos today. Laying off the latte and […]

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Becky in the news

With the Olympics closing in, Rebecca is doing a lot more writing these days. So check out the WSJ every day and you will see her byline a lot more than any time in the past five or six years, since she first became a capo de capo. Last week, she was one of a […]

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Delaware in the house

Been too busy with too many things to write alot but brother Delaware Dave is in china… He and wife Kathy ad Jesse have been off in Western China in Yunnan all week. These pics were from last weekend. Atop the Drum Tower, looking out the Bell Tower.Hutong doorwaySteps to the Drum Tower. Even steeper […]

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Pictures of Qingdao

We spent three days in Qingdao last weekend. Our first visit there and it’s a nice place. Glad we made it. About an hour away is the holy mountain of Lao Shan (Old MOuntain). It’s really beautiful and peaceful, rising right up form the sea. The first batch of pictures is all from there. Days […]

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Travel Guide Column

The Stresses and Rewards Of Playing the Tour Guide July 4, 2008 I wear a lot of different hats: father, columnist, blogger, Olympics reporter, bandleader. But the most challenging and at times anxiety-provoking is tour guide. I’m fully in that mode now, with my parents, aunt, uncle and nephew visiting. I am filing this column […]

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Most recent NBC post — cheerleaders alert

This might be the most widely read thing I’ve ever written. It involved coverage of the New England Patriots cheerleaders’ visit to Beijing to train Olympics cheerleaders. And it turns out that having the word cheerleaders in an online story generates intense traffic. Who knew? Apparently, this little item led every NBC affiliate website in […]

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