Birds of India - Showoff
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under India, Photography | Leave a Comment
I grabbed a shot of these two publicity-saavy cormorants a few weeks ago on a boat trip in the Periyar Tiger Preserve, in Southern India.
Read More..>>The New California Academy of Sciences
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under California, Tech & Science, Video | Leave a Comment
I spent a day at the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. You really have to get there early to see the whole thing and have time for a lunch break. I missed the planetarium, but will return soon.
The California Academy of Sciences [2:16m]: Play […]
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Pimp My Vacation: Custom Cars Rumble into Las Vegas
Posted on September 8, 2008 - Filed Under Las Vegas, Video | Leave a Comment
Video and Story: Russ Johnson
I have never really been a car buff. My several midlife crises have not involved hot cars, hot babes and certainly had nothing to do with buffing up at a gym. But last fall I admit to having a ball at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. […] Read More..>>
Tales from the Waiting Room: San Francisco and Bangkok
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under Health Travel, Audio, Thailand | Leave a Comment
Last month I visited doctors twice: in San Francisco to have a spot of sun damage checked, and in Bangkok for a physical. As Mrs. Kuchenbecker, my sixth grade teacher said, “Let us compare und contrast.”
SAN FRANCISCO
I make an appointment, the doctor will see me in about a month. I show up on time, […]
Opera at the Ballpark: “Great Soprano Arrested for Possession of Thayer’s Slippery Elm?”
Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under California, Entertainment | Leave a Comment
It is a night during which the moon rises within pie-in-your-face reach, wolves howl, Druids circle Stonehenge, a night when fans at AT&T Park in San Francisco stand to sing the Star Spangled Banner before the announcer yells: “Play Donizetti!”
Call us San Francisco “elitists” if you will, but where else will 20 thousand fans […]
