[caption id="attachment_35659" align="alignright" width="240"] Lunch with Esther[/caption] It was a typical day about town with a friend: morning tea, a round of errands, a long lunch, a visit to a museum, shopping, and a massage. Typical if the friend is Esther White. And the town, Chiang Mai. Esther – ...
[caption id="attachment_35641" align="alignright" width="300"] Kodiak[/caption] About 5 years ago I was abandoned by my people. They had to leave town-- I am sure for very good reason-- and they felt that they couldn’t bring me along. Fortunately, I was found and taken to Second Chance Humane...
[caption id="attachment_35627" align="alignright" width="240"] Pasith[/caption] This time credit goes to our sometime Telluride neighbor Sunny Griffin, owner of Astara Cosmetics, also a resident of Chiang Mai, Thailand. She told us in no uncertain terms that we could not leave Bangkok without a day trip to Damnoen Saduak...
Here's an interesting take on the future of biotech by Dick Pelletier, that appeared in the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, New you in ten years: biotech leads the way: In just ten years, older citizens might look in the mirror and ask, “Who is...
Trail Runner Resse Ruland the co-race director for The Telluride Mountain Run explores the various trail running routes in this iRunFar.com post, Trail Running Around Lake City, Colorado: You see, I thought I was being very clever by starting my personal Pro Leisure Tour (PLT) exactly where I...
Day #2 began with a ride in a long-tailed boat along the canals of Chaophraya River, a rite of passage for Bangkok virgins. The tour guide representative at our hotel, again the Royal Orchid Sheraton, arranged the hour-long tour. Long-tailed boats or Ruea hang Yao are a...
Here's an interesting take on on Fashion from Alison Taylor that appeared in Telegraph: Riga, Warsaw and Bucharest: The New Frontiers of Fashion: Move over Brooklyn, make way for Bucharest - some of the coolest shops are now to be found in the former communist countries...
[caption id="attachment_7909" align="alignright" width="156"] Answer by:Kent Gaylord[/caption] What Obamacare deadlines do I need to know about? Answer by Dr. Kent Gaylord. There are really two important dates for you to keep in mind: December 15 - Deadline for getting coverage if you want your coverage to begin January 1st. March 31...
First stop, Jim Thompson Museum and House. The story begins with a larger-than-life hero: handsome, rich, urbane, widely accomplished and a one-time CIA (actually OSS, the forerunner of the CIA) operative. Packed tight as it is with moral certainty and physical action, Ian Fleming could have...
Halloween is coming up soon! That means trick-or-treating, making a costume, carving pumpkins, and eating candy (of course!). Here are a few suggestions to “green” your Halloween and save money too! 1. Share costumes – source locally – make your own! Local resources for creative and...
