What makes a person feel at home or at odds with a travel location? Is it the people? The architecture? The choice of activities? Or just a random feeling that cannot be defined? I wish I could explain it because maybe it would make me feel more comfortable with the fact that I have not fallen… Read more
The quest to escape the cubicle has often been a theme on this blog. Last year I escaped for a liberating 5 months. Not once did I miss the black ergonomic chair or the file drawers with my very own mini key. You can have the personal whiteboard and the hands-free telephone head set – I… Read more
After a long day sitting at the computer and the prospect of two red eye flights and a day working from the airport club lounge ahead of me, I knew there was something I just had to do. Something I haven’t been doing much of since I broke my leg last year…I had to go for… Read more
Jet lag is a funny thing. I wasn’t really in Beirut long enough to get on a totally different time schedule and I flew through enough time zones that my body has no idea where or when it is. I arrived back home in Los Angeles late Monday morning and felt surprisingly good even though I… Read more
In a few moments we will be landing in Kuwait City. Please make sure you have collected all of your belongings, and that your seatbelts are securely fastened around your waist. We will be arriving on time at 5:25 PM and the temperature outside is a balmy 110 degrees.Um, excuse me? ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DEGREES? … Read more
