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September 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Stuck, already, at the car rental.

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Tags: Narrative · Travel

To Love We Keep Returning

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

My other love affair: New Mexico. Heading back to the land of 4D skies, horizon-tall sagebrush, and dirt the color of blood… or perhaps it’s my blood the color of that dirt…
(Ye-Ha!)

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Beck, Babies or Tea?

September 6th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I thought it would be fun.
A 6-day getaway to laid-back, green&lush Seattle. Hang with The Girls. Get a little crazy.
In SF, my “color girls” (3 friends I’ve known since about 6 years old) wouldn’t stop until the whole town was painted red, red, red. Only thing is, suddenly I’m… old[er]. And definitely, certainly, unquestionably un-hip.

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Tags: Narrative · This Modern Life · Travel

Istanbul at Night

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Not known for her camerawork, your humble author still manages to capture a moment of what makes Turkey so spellbinding.

(Blue Mosque)

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Turkiye - An Ear to Istanbul

May 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I am sitting in a hostel cum internet cafe, on the terrace over-looking Istanbul’s Bosphorus. I am drinking a small hourglass-shaped glass of Turkish tea, no sugar, as the air turns fuzzy with dusk. I am over-hearing snippets of hip, young, international travelers with tattoos and square thick-rimmed glasses and white cardigans, and beer. They […]

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Trekking in Turkey

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Suddenly, in Turkey–merhaba!
(That happens sometimes; I wake up, and — I’m in Istanbul! Holy kefta!) As I travel around the country getting my Turkish on, expect posts and stories soon… Inshallah.
(Or in three weeks. As internet is available.)
~Shannon

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Workin’ the Keys

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

This post is so you can experience the piano player in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico… it also gives me a chance to check out Google Video (Beta) for my next series of posts: More Web 2.0h My Goodness

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New Mexico - Images

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Land of Enchantment: Part 3
Most of what I like about New Mexico is it’s yawning expanses, and it’s “Old West” feel. It is just such another world from Northern California.

Especially in Las Vegas, where clearly not much has changed in many years — I like it that way.
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New Mexico [Review Edition] II

May 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Land of Enchantment: Part 2
If you’re visiting New Mexico, you won’t be able to avoid green chili. Go on, try some. (This, coming from someone who thinks Pace Picante Mild is too spicy.) By day three I’m eating jalapeƱos whole. Hey — it’s better than menudo.

ABRAHAM’S TIENDITA (map)
This is Abraham, and that’s his tiny […]

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New Mexico [Review Edition]

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

The Land of Enchantment: Part 1
I wouldn’t say I’m “enchanted” by New Mexico… It’s more of an internal smile, one that grows like silent wintered tree branches anticipating Spring;
;grows, as I confront the daily life of a small, poorish American town. A third of the buildings are vacant and a good deal of the vehicles […]

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