Clik here to view.
Fodor’s Buenos Aires 2015
My second round with Fodor’s Buenos Aires: with Side Trips to Iguazú Falls, Gaucho Country & Uruguay (Full-color Travel Guide), completing an overhaul of the entire dining section that I started...
View ArticleA Glimpse of Bogotá
http://www.saltshaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bogota.mp4 Original accompanying post here.
View ArticleCrystal Spout
http://www.saltshaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Cano-Cristales.mp4 Original accompanying post here.
View ArticleCartagena, City of Tourists
http://www.saltshaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Cartagena.mp4 Original accompanying post here.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friendly Books
A little interlude in the stream of vacation consciousness. I’m sitting here on the 16th floor of a high-rise in Medellin, Colombia, looking out over the El Poblado neighborhood. It’s early, really...
View ArticleMeh-dellin
http://www.saltshaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Medellin.mp4 Original accompanying post here.
View ArticleQuito. The Movie
http://www.saltshaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/QuitoConverted.mp4 Original accompanying post here.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six “Cozies”
There’s a whole genre of “literature” that is referred to as “cozies”. Wikipedia defines it as: “a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tasseography
Originally I was thinking that this blog would just be an archive of previously published works of mine, from various fields, but I’ve decided that it’s also going to be a place for me to comment on my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The E Files #1
Oh the vagaries of email, the trials and tribulations of dealing with folk in other parts of the world who just aren’t quite on the same page as we are. The names have been removed to protect the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
News of the Day #1
This may or may not last long, but I’m feeling like commenting on international news. And those of you who know me, know I like things to be a bit random, so I’m using a site that generates a short (or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
News of the Day #2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Le Patriote – L’ancien président ivoirien apte physiquement et mentalement pour un procès – English language papers aren’t, as best I can tell, a presence in the Ivory Coast –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The E Files #2
Time for another round of this month’s favorite emails. ————— This one seems innocuous at first…. I don’t eat seafood, can you make a substitution for me? “Not a problem, there’s one seafood course,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Random Algorithms of Life
These days everyone has an algorithm. It’s all about predicting our behavior, our impulses, our purchases, our viewing habits, surfing (web) habits, and anything else that some potential advertiser,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Book Stack #1
A selection out of what I’ve been reading recently. They don’t really need an introduction. I like Charles Pierce’s writing, and he often hits the nail on the head. This book, Idiot America: How...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Book Stack #2
What have we this time around? You look at the title, Bread Wine Chocolate, and you’re already engaged. I mean, what’s not to like? Clearly three items selected from the book to grab our attention,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A January in My Life
A friend challenged me to take a short video every day and create a little “collage” for a month. It was an interesting project, not one I plan to continue, but it created a cute little video of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Salta, La Linda
Henry and I just spent a trio of days up in Salta and the area north of there, in the far northwest of the country. It’s the first time we’ve been there (other than passing nearby and along part of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Book Stack #3
A selection of what I’ve been reading (minus, in general, food and cooking related books, which I tend to review separately, and over on my SaltShaker blog). Bacigalupi, Paolo (May 26, 2015) The Water...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Book Stack #4
The brunt of my reading over the last many weeks since my last post (and it actually started before that last post) was binge reading through Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files (April 1, 2000 – May 27, 2014)...
View Article