Enfida, Tunisia, 10 September, 2008

Enfida is the mid-sized town that has been my home-base for most of my Tunisian explorations. I arrived here with a lovely traveling companion whose father is from these parts, and whose remaining family appear to be as plentiful as the sand that blows everywhere....

Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, 5 September, 2008

Here are some photos taken at one of the most famous resting places in the world. Located in the 20th Arrondissement in Paris, the cemetery is home—such as it is—to some of France's finest: Marcel Proust, Frederic Chopin, Honore de Balzac, Heloise and Abelard,...

Montmartre, Paris, 2 September, 2008

Regardless of whether or not you've ever been to Paris, you're familiar with Montmartre. In the early part of the 20th Century it was home to a couple artists whose names might ring a bell: Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Theophile...

Deux Ans, Paris, France, 31 August

There are certain moments in every struggling foreigner's translation experiences that really stand out. Because I think laughing at myself is essential part of any experience (and also lays the requisite groundwork for subsequently laughing at others), here's today's...

Paris, France, 29 August 2008

Today was my first full day in Paris. Thanks to some pretty serious jet-lag, my internal ticker's been wonky since I left Seattle last week, and I fell asleep quite early last night, around 11PM local time. I was awake by 2AM, and spent the hours between then and 8AM...

Links and Whatnot

The following are links to sites maintained by some fine folks I know who are engaged in activities more interesting than the banal and more involved than Facebook.  Most of them are decent people (there are a couple obvious exceptions, but let's not get hung-up...