Wine Masters of Tianjin The guy is so earnest, so innocent, so charming. And really young. (Everyone in China is young.) Trying so hard. I ordered a mixed salad and steak sandwich, and a glass of Banfi, 2011 Cabernet-Sangiovese. Fifty-eight RMB. About nine-fifty, US. I figure I can eek three of these into my … [read more]
Memoir
Drinking With Strangers
Drinking With Strangers March 2011 I walked up to the shitty little neighborhood Gunbarrel Mexican place for dinner, a place that offers many menu items ending with “ito”, usually a combination of one Mexican and one decidedly non-Mexican dish. I sat at the bar and ordered a double Big Boy Lemonade and a bean … [read more]
The Ten Thousand Guys
The Ten Thousand Guys (From Six Mile Creek Report, 2004) One of these days, if I practice real hard, I may have the heuvos to do what these boys above are doing, to set up on a street corner or walk into a stanky bar or a hushed coffee shop and sing and play songs … [read more]
Settling For A Less Risky Mid-Life Fantasy
Settling For A Less Risky Mid-Life Fantasy (From Front Range news, 2006) Oh says Red Molly to James “That’s a fine motorbike. A girl could feel special on any such like” Says James to Red Molly “My hat’s off to you It’s a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952. And I’ve seen you at the corners and … [read more]
Refugee Traveler
Refugee Traveler I travel a lot. Maybe a third of each year I spend in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Korea and around the US. I realized this morning I have a refugee’s relationship to travel, to my home and to the stuff I have collected that I carry around the world. I discovered … [read more]
Weather Report
Today’s Weather Lat: 40° 1’ North / Long: 105° 0’ West /Elev: 7120’ 18 November, 2007 Easterly gusts modulate from brisk to none at all. Bucks, in full rut, lower their heads, chase bleating does up and down the hillside. Dead perennials and joyous prickly pears crunch underfoot, the ground hard and dry. “Dry as … [read more]
