E&O Hotel, Penang, Malaysia. December 2005 My favorite Armenian brothers I thought my love affair with the Sarkies brothers hotels...

Not too far from the truth driving in KSA (from Columbia Basin Herald, July 22, 2020) [from FB post: December 20, 2016] Riding to Work...

Eastern York High School. 1974 Dusting off memories I think I have this photo somewhere, but this is a photo of the photo posted by one...

Kennedy Center. September 2021 The Group Leader Sometimes I wonder how we lived in the pre-internet age. One of the advantages of living...

Arrival to Bangladesh - third visit. January 2022 [from FB post: December 29, 2011] Tiger Airways is having a sale on tickets to Dhaka,...

Jizan Heritage Village, Jizan City. December 2017 A taste of Africa, literally One of my favorite students in my Saudi days was YAS. ...

Cloisters Museum. July 1989 Medieval Escapes In the Washington Heights years, we lived near Fort Tryon Park [see: Fort Tryon]. The...

Breakfast, Rixos Hotel, Duhok. September 2018 Turkish breakfast - lots of little bits Even though I was in Iraq in the Kurdish region,...

Little India. December 2012 The "real" old Singapore Singapore was built by the British. In the region, the "original" city was to the...

A typical Saudi laundry (undated photo from flickr.com) [from FB post: January 12, 2017] The Laundry Another place I pass on my daily...

DC Court of Appeals, Judiciary Square. December 2021 Time rolls on This neo-classical building rises on the south side of Judiciary...

Loja, Spain with snowy Sierra Nevada Mountains behind. January 2018 [From FB post: January 16, 2018] Saved by an angel After having...

istockphoto [from FB post: January 20, 2017] Love Marriage on the Down Low in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has arranged marriage and by...

Vinegar Ferry, Marietta, Lancaster County. December 2020 Another name victim Walking the Northwest Lancaster County Trail in winter can...

Ellis Island. 1989 Creative history Casper Glattfelder immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1733. My family attended a...

Tigris River, Mosul Dam, Iraq (from Zawa Mountain). September 2018 So close, so far In my two years in Duhok I lived less than one hour...

Roti Prata, Tekka Hawker Center. December 2012 Simple pleasures Paratha: Parathas are one of the most popular unleavened flatbreads in...

Rotunda, Art & Industries Building, Smithsonian Institute: December 2021 Slow and steady The new national museum, the Smithsonian,...

Memorial to the Expulsion of Muslims, Antequera, Spain. January 2018 No hard feelings The Muslims took the Iberian peninsula in just...

Brunner Island Power Plant. December 2020 Deadly addiction by the numbers Southcentral Pennsylvania is awash in power. Consider the...