UAE: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
Dubai, UAE. January 2018 Dubai's Miracle Mile Sheikh Zayed Road is an iconic piece of Dubai - part Manhattan, part LA - the long strip...
Museum of Asian Art
Sackler Gallery, Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Insitution. December 2021 Bringing outside inside Under the Enid Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle is a museum complex that most people would never think even existed at first glance. One half of it is the Sackler Gallery of Asian Art. The architect, Jean Paul Carlhian, is not a name many people are familiar with and he did not leave behind a huge architectural legacy. Nevertheless, the complex is one of my favo
Khaybar: Black and White Volcanoes
Black and White Volcanoes ("White Head") , Khaybar, Medina Province. [from FB post: December 8, 2017] A place like no other on the planet....
Duhok: Dilshad Palace coffee
Lobby, Dilshad Palace Hotel, Dohuk. January 2019 Another coffee venue Like the Rixos Hotel [see: Friday morning coffee], the Dilshad...
Lower Windsor Township: Tome's Lane
Tome's Lane, York County. Summer 1978 Next to the house where I grew up on Mt Pisgah Road, York County, PA was a long, sloping gravel...
India: religious tolerance
Tamil Nadu. January 2015 [from FB post: March 15, 2017] A prism is neither good nor bad. It is transparent. Whatever light you shine...
Najran: Al Ukhdud
Al Ukhdud Archeological Site, Najran. December 2016 The People of the Ditch The highlight and main purpose of the trip to Najran [see:...
Sultan Mosque
Sultan Mosque. December 2014 I still remember the Sultan Mosque from my first visit to Singapore. Even though it was in the Kampong...
Oman: caustic language
Google Translate: noise [from FB post: March 14, 2016] Wow....you know I had a moment that I dreamed about in my mind. I was in a nice...
Chinatown
Chinatown. January 2016 I have never really been a huge fan of Chinatown in Singapore. Too many people, too much traffic, too...
India: thali
Thali, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. January 2015 Thali One of the many things I am happy that Brian convinced me to do in life was travel to...
Italy: Caserta
Palace Entry Gate Grand Staircase Fountain, rear gardens, Caserta Palace. January 2018 Caserta. The only reason I knew about it by name...
Abha: Java Beans
Java Beans Cafe, Al Mansak, Abha. January 2017. [from FB post: March 11.2017] Everyone Loves Norm: my coffee shop experience "Norm!" ...
Oman: Al Baleed, Salalah
Old Cemetery near Al Baleed Archeological site, Salalah. March 2016 View from Al Baleed Archeological site, Salalah. March 2016 Al...
Lancaster County: Kurtz Mill Bridge
Kurtz Mill Bridge, Lancaster Central Park January 2020 View from Kurtz Mill Bridge, Lancaster Central Park January 2020 The effect of Hurricane Agnes in 1972 on historic structures in the Susquehanna Valley was brutal. One victim was Kurtz Mill Covered Bridge which was lifted from its foundations on the Conestoga Creek and found smashed up downstream. A Mr. David Esh restored it in 1975 and gifted it to Lancaster County Central Park where it spans Mill Creek a short dist
Iraq: dolma
Duhok February 2019 The hegemony of the national dish Having lived a large portion of my life overseas, food traditions played a big...
USA: Sparrowbush, New York
Hawk's Nest, New York October 2005 After moving to Milford, PA from Hoboken, NJ we slowly got to know some of the local attractions. ...
Al Ula: Elephant Mountain
Jebel Al Fil (Elephant Rock), Medina Province. December 2017 Actually before seeing the Lihyanite remains and even before exploring the...
Pontianak, Kalimantan
Kapuas River, Pontianak. February 1997 Equator Monument, Pontianak. February 1997 (with Irfan my ex-student) The start of the Big...
Iraq: bread
Zawita, Duhok, Iraq. September 2018 When I was a kid, Mom would take me over to Kauffman's bakery in East Prospect as a treat. I loved...
