Shangri-La — All pictures in video form

Trip was great. I was inspired. I think this is my video masterpiece thus far.I put all the Shangri La pictures in there instead of posting them individually.

Naxi Village video UPDATED.. Look again if you already saw

Horseback riding in Yuhu, Naxi village outside of Lijiang, China. Yunnan Province. Music by Los Lobos.

Lijiang Pictures

Okay, Here we go... there's going to be a lot of pictures coming. this is only leg one. Shangri La to come soon.Jacob loved the ubiquitous rice noodles... about 80 cents for a huge bowl at little old town joints.Lijiang is an ancient city with…

Quickie update

Back from a great great trip. Folks left this morning and we are battling vacation hangovers to go along with mising them and wicked colds or worse (all of us except Eli, the Everready bunny of kids).I took hundreds of pictures in Lijiang and…

Leaving in the morning

We are heading out for Lijiang and Shangri La in Yunnan Province tomorrow morning. Won't be back until Sunday so these rapid posts will slow down big time. I wrote a nice story about our hike but didn;t have time to finish it and we are being…

Wild Great Wall hike in Hebei Province

We went somewhere very remote and very beautiful.. Suzi and Dixie loved it after surviving their heart failure caused by the dirt road we took.... Here is what it looked like.. music by The Allman Brothers Band: "Little Martha"Full text of this…

More Dixie video

"I Found a New Baby"Dixie says it's the wrong tempo but I think it sounds good.

Rodg "Ripper" Citron dives into the parental pool headfirst

Big Mazel Tov to Rodger Citron and Andrea Cohen on the birth(s) of their twin girls Alexa and Amelia. The two future members of Yale '28 are lucky enough to share a birthday (Sept. 27) with Becky. Here they are pictured arriving home from the…
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Dixie Doc makes his Beijing debut

My friend Matt Roberts and his Ah-Q Jazz Orchestra play every Saturday night at the Beijing CD Jazz Cafe. Last Saturday, their special guest was "Pittsburgh Dixieland trumpet player Dixie Doc." About six friends joined us at the front table…

Tiananmen Square at Night

I am on fire with the video. I can't stop myself now that I figured out IMovie.