I took a half-day on Friday. As soon as my last conference call was over, I headed to the Legion of Honor to check out their brand new exhibit “After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006.” It’s a photographic retrospective comparing…
Archives for December 2005
Capetown, South Africa
Can I See Your ID?
Tonight, I went to Reconciliation at my church for the Christmas season. The priest and I got to talking and he went on and on about “high school students, blah, blah, blah.” His niece is ‘my’ age and he knows…
Bastille Day 2004, Paris, France
Blurbs
To clarify the past posting: when I’ve gone on dates, one of two things happens. Either 1) the guy pays for me, or 2) we will split the bill down the middle to the penny. My point with the previous…
Tango Salon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cheap Bastard
I went out with this guy the other night and things were going fine until (gasp) the bill came. Sure enough, we split the bill straight down the middle. Straight down the middle even though he had two glasses of…
KWV Winery’s Cathedral Cellar, South Africa
Multi-Tasking in the Name of God
I’m a serious multi-tasker when I go to Church. I follow along with the readings, I sing, I say my own prayers, and I’ll usually bring ‘supplemental’ reading by Deepak Chopra or my favorite–Eckhart Tolle’s ‘The Power of Now.’ I…
Quito, Ecuador