movrev: MON MEILLEUR AMI (My Best Friend)
4 stars: the best non-martial arts sub-titled movie I’ve seen Hey, I’m just being honest! Most of the subtitled movies I see (Fearless, Hero, Crouching Tiger, District B13) are martial arts movies. And my...
Category: Travel
Live Earth. Huh?
As a music spectacle, it was pretty spectacular. But as a rallying cry and mustering of political might, I question if Live Earth actually made things better or worse. These types of “benefit concerts”...
Ice Road Truckers on The History Channel
Maybe it’s because it is getting awfully close to 100 degrees in Texas. Maybe it’s because of the 40 days of rain. Whatever the reason, my family and I are hooked on Ice Road...
essay: Book Expo America, NYC, June 2007
A first time novelist’s first time at the show I went to BEA (and took my wife and son) for many reasons: My first book (Dusk Before the Dawn) was up for a 2006...
bookrev: Great Britain (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
5 stars: Worn it out with several trips, but still haven’t tapped it’s full potential We’ve used this guide book for: – Two trips to Scotland; – Multiple trips to London and surrounding areas,...
bookrev: Hawaii (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
2 stars: Too short, too high level We own about 15 of the DK Eyewitness Travel guides, and have dogeared the pages over several trips. They are amazingly useful. But this one is not...
bookrev: Paris (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
5 stars: Try the recommendations in the book, they are spot on My wife and I now have over 15 Eyewitness Travel Guides…obviously we like them. There are several reasons, and the Paris guide...