Browsing the blog archives for December, 2009
Browsing the blog archives for December, 2009
Singapore is a fantastic place for travelers. There is so much to see and to do in this magnificent city state, and there’s never any end to the innovation. This means that there’s always a steady stream of art, entertainment, science, and technology that comes from the vibrant urban center. It’s also in the middle [...]
It is an Internet world now. Businesses rely on consumers being able to find them online. I, myself, have a Yellow Pages phonebook. I think that it must be about ten years old, and I have not taken it from the cabinet…in about ten years. Information now, is available at the touch of your [...]
As a child, my imagination was captured by a single building in Washington State: The Seattle Space Needle. It wasn’t just the elegant tower and the UFO-shaped structure, but also the very name itself — the Space Needle, as if we were trying to thread the sky. It was built for the 1962 Seattle World’s [...]
It’s a pleasure to visit Singapore, especially these days. The extremely rich cosmopolitan culture here means that there are always new things to see, products of the intense creativity of the artists who live here. There are also a dizzying array of influences from around the world, and it’s long status as a major trading [...]
A rich and vibrant city state with a steady stream of fantastic events, Singapore is a wonderful place for tourists. There are so many fascinating things to see and do here, for newcomers who have never been to Asia before, to business travelers who visit all the time. There are always splendid distractions that can [...]
I was already in a steamy mood about being booted off a Qantas airline due to purchasing budget tickets, but when I did manage to stay on a flight, I had to pay $10 to watch in-flight entertainment. Fortunately, there was a nice return to normalcy when I realized Singaporeans call Burger King, Burger King [...]
If you just walk up the board walk far enough from Venice beach you will hit Santa Monica. It is the oldest and the largest beach town of Los Angeles California. It is the big pool of famous British rock stars and writers that have taken there place here. You could run into Rod Stewart [...]
In the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, you’ll find a bit of American history preserved in the Lowell National Historical Park. This city, thirty miles northwest of Boston, and founded in 1820, began life in a very deliberate fashion, as a deliberately designed center for making textiles, a response to European facilities. In the 19th century, [...]