This is quintessential modern China: lots of people, lots of traffic, lots of construction. And, for course, it is all going on outside my window!
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A scene that cracked me up
I came across this kitchen while wandering through the Wenshu Monastery, and it just amuses me no end. It’s not so much the interplay of religion and the mundane as the elaborate altar.
In China on the 4th of July
July 4 has always been a huge holiday in my family. It’s big for Americans in general, of course, but my grandfather was born on July 4 in England. He always said that he had to emigrate because no one celebrated his birthday back in Durham. He used to tell us that the fireworks were… [Read More]
Repurposing a Shooting Gallery
This is the bar at the Sandy Chanty, a restaurant at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. Geneva-on-the-Lake is an old lakefront resort, and the strip is filled with a lot of really old-style amusement businesses. The bar itself is a former shooting gallery built for Coney Island and moved to Geneva-on-the-Lake. The building stands, but the business in… [Read More]
Hope springs eternal.
I don’t think parking for post-season night games will be a problem this year.
