Wild West Sichuan trip Photos
Oh my. Where do I even start to recapture a wild and wooly trip to Western Sichuan province? It's a bitch sometimes being a writer, because I can’t just say something is indescribable.. it's not really acceptable for me as it would be for…
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…
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…