Featured Photo - Prayer Wheel, Zhongdian, China

Posted on May 26, 2006 - Filed Under China, Places, Photography | Leave a Comment

Photo: (c) 2006 Russell Johnson
A huge, heavy prayer wheel above Old Town Zhongdian, at the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau.The Chinese government has officially renamed the city and county Shangri-la, in a move to attract tourists.. This is a frame from an HDTV video we shot there a few weeks ago. We’ll be posting […]

Now Hear This! - Sennheiser PCX300 Noise Cancelling Headphones

Posted on May 26, 2006 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment

The Sennheiser PXC300 are small enough to fit in a purse

NOW HEAR THIS!
By Pat Meier-Johnson

Probably a dozen or so airline freebie headphones have seen the dreaded inner sanctum of my briefcase and come out a mess. So it doesn’t break my heart to plug these flimsly mangled contraptions into the TV jack of […]

The Plonk That Goes Plunk

Posted on May 17, 2006 - Filed Under Audio, Food & Wine | Leave a Comment

The Plonk that Goes Plunk
AUDIO MP3
I have fond memories of driving to Sonoma County, California years ago and tasting good no-frills wines. I am sure some of their descendents now have $50 price tags. One of the places I loved was Sebastiani, a purveyer of fine large jugs of everyday plonk run by one of […]

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Good King, Bad King and The Man Who Would Be King

Posted on May 10, 2006 - Filed Under Audio, Culture, Places | Leave a Comment

Rehearsal for Royal Barge Procession
on King’s Bhumibol’s 60th Anniversary, Bangkok, Thailand
Photo: Gary Wells

Good King, Bad King, Man Who Would Be King
Audio MP3
Here I am, hangin’ out in a bar. It is the Bamboo Bar at old Oriental Hotel in Bangkok. A nostalgic place for my wife and me, where a chanteuse sang our “Love is […]

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