Syria was a trip!!!

These are my favorite photos from Damascus, Syria.  We definitely weren’t in Kansas anymore but it was an unbelievable experience a lot like a James Bond Movie.

I saw the Umayyad Mosque which has a shrine wsaid to contain the head of John the Baptist (Yahya), honored as a prophet by Muslims and Christians alike and [...]

Notes from the Universe

I spend a lot of time working online, adding text to web pages, sending emails, sending emails, facebook, facebook, twitter, boing boing, send email, add text to print ad, add text to web page, add text to sign and menu, facebook and so on and so on, send email…and so on. Get my point? My [...]

Petra

I’ve had the groovee fortune of going to Petra twice with 2 different groups of people. It was amazing. I found this great video and thought I should show it to you!

On a long walk to the El deir (the Monastery), we had tea with a bunch of Arab guys who [...]

Carrie Rodriguez, All Growed Up

The first time I remember seeing Carrie Rodriguez was at a Frances Nail(her grandmother) book signing in a historic house on 7th in Austin, Tx. Carrie was dressed in fancy dress playing classic violin for the crowd. She couldn’t have been older than 10, but it is hard to say. She was really good & very confident. The [...]

SXSW 2009 Events and Fun

Will post all the SXSW 2009  events I know about here!

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Myopenbar Presents: Four Square Punk And A Roller-Skating Rink By Saucony
Food by Traveling Bistro!!!!!

Myopenbar is returning to Austin this year and we invited 50 of our favorite punk rock bands to come out and play. The result is four stages, in a square formation, with [...]

Bad Kitty

Beau Been showed me this weird video on Boing Boing. I’m not sure I like the leather daddy version of the black hello kitties. It’s fun anyway.

Remember When… Photos

Some photos I scanned a while back.

Mimi and AC (grandparents) at an unknown beach.
This should be a postcard!!!

I don’t know where this came from but it’s an actual photo. I Love it! This should be blown up to cover an entire wall!!!

Elizabeth Starr Been’s Glamour Shot as Elizabeth Taylor. Thanks Troy! I [...]

R.I.P. Elizabeth ‘B.J.’ Warnock Fernea

Professor BJ Fernea had a huge impact on my life. I probably wouldn’t have gotten a degree in Middle Eastern Studies without her presence at the University of Texas Center for Middle Eastern Studies. I will try to continue passing on the lessons she taught me about a multitude of things. I tried to sum [...]

Trip to the Asian Market

I took these photos a few years ago at the Chinese New Year celebration in north Austin. Here are some of my favorites.

Happy Buddhas

Porcelain Lotus Ladies

Catfish!!!!

Jolly Asian Men
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On A Bus to Wurstfest 08

Traveling Bistro has Sunday Brunch at the NOMAD, recently voted the Best Local Neighborhood Bar 2008 by the Austin Chronicle. So we were in the know when NOMAD chartered a bus to Wurstfest 2008, a German fest in New Braunfels, Texas.
What happens when you meet at a bar, to ride on a bus with a [...]