Looking for Santa in New York City

Posted on November 30, 2005 - Filed Under Audio, Holiday, New York | Leave a Comment

Looking for Santa in NYC This is the night of the annual Christmas tree lighting ritual at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. This year the subject of our attraction is a colossal 74 foot connifer harvested in New Jersey, but nowhere near Tony Soprano’s neighborhood. My wife and I literally cried in our beer [...]

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Thanksgiving in Paris – City of Lights Video

Posted on November 25, 2005 - Filed Under Video, Audio, France, Holiday, Places | Leave a Comment

Photo © 2004 Russell Johnson City of Lights: A Paris Minute Windows Media Video HDTV (39MB) – STANDARD VIDEO An American in Paris: Thanksgiving 2004 by Russell Johnson The Story in Audio MP3 The French are getting fat, so say reports, consuming and consumed by le fast food. You wouldn’t know it by looking at [...]

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The Most Un-China Place in China

Posted on November 10, 2005 - Filed Under Audio, China | Leave a Comment

Bai Wedding – Dali, China Yunnan Province The Most Un-Chinese Place in China by Russell Johnson AUDIO-MP3 The lanky groom greeted me at the door to a courtyard, handing me a cigarette. In fact he greeted every male guest with cigarette. I don’t smoke and every time the groom saw me not smoking he gave [...]

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