Doug update

Doug vis­ited the Aus­tralian embassy in Auck­land today and they placed a peach-col­oured sticker in his pass­port which will be “activ­ated” as a visa when he re-enters the coun­try next Tues­day. Yay!Now that he’s got all the offi­cial stuff out of the...

Full circle

Back in Cuper­tino… We just did 26 states in 30 days and it was just a tad insane.I guess I was over­come by elec­tion fever in Austin. The next day in Austin was great, late morn­ing cud­dling listen­ing to the rain fall on the roof, drag­ging...

N’awlins jazz, baby

Our second and final day in N’awl­ins was divine. Break­fast at the Camel­lia Grill in South Car­roll­ton with far too much butter in the omelette (I could feel the weight piling on) fol­lowed by a driv­ing tour of the Garden Dis­trict, a trol­ley ride into...

New Orleans night out

Arrived in New Orleans and wandered around the Vieux Carré. Res­isted the impulse to revert to Anne Rice and Poppy Z Brite fangirl wor­ship (but did go to Bour­bon St for Lost Souls’ sake). Ate oysters there. It’s an awful strip of strip clubs now.The rest of the...

Politics, art and liberty

The last days in New York were over­cast then rainy, but we walked the Brook­lyn Bridge and I spent a bunch of time in MOMA and the Met. I didn’t make it to the Gug­gen­heim because it was closed on Thursday when I tried.Still, the Geor­gia...