An American Abroad
On my first night in Santo Domingo, I grabbed my camera and started walking around the city. Half the time I didn't know where I was or what I was looking at. Latin American cities have a way of looking especially romantic at night. I came … [Continue reading]
I’m a sucker for the written word. At age ten, I went to summer sleep-away camp and quickly became noted (mocked) for reading books, newspapers, magazines and cereal boxes while other kids were out playing. The reading habit has stuck with me … [Continue reading]
Some of the battered motos of Santo Domingo have been stripped naked of all fairings and upholstery and now are little more than frames with 50cc motors and wheels. Some have suffered the indignity of serving as pack mules. And some still wear their … [Continue reading]
Jesus picked me up at the airport and drove me into Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. We zipped along a roadway with the Caribbean on our left and the city on our right. At some point the road jogged north and we couldn't see the sea. … [Continue reading]
The Santurce dictrict of San Juan can fairly be described as an aspiring arts mecca. Not that many years ago, many Puerto Ricans considered it a dangerous drug- and crime-infested place rather than a neighborhood to be proud of. Though there are … [Continue reading]
Some writers call Santurce "the Brooklyn of San Juan." And there is a hip, entrepreneurial, artistic spirit to this barrio. As the New York Times cooed recently, you can walk down the man drag and find new restaurants "led by inventive chefs who … [Continue reading]
Tomorrow I celebrate three weeks in Puerto Rico and nine days in my new home in the San Juan neighborhood of Hato Rey. It's a neighborhood of vertical living and working. I live in a cluster of apartment buildings between 12 and 16 stories tall. At … [Continue reading]
Man plans; God laughs. Although I'm not a believer, I appreciate the underlying truth of that aphorism. I've been stateside and earthbound for over two years now. There were times when I wondered if my expat days were behind me. I thought about … [Continue reading]
(Photo taken by me July 10, 2015 in Toledo, Ohio) … [Continue reading]
Lori Seubert has been at it again, going through my thousands of photos from my two years abroad and choosing some to treat with her special editing skills. These pix are of Hoi An, Vietnam and the vicinity--one of the most beautiful places I've ever … [Continue reading]
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