FIRST SIGHTING – FORTALEZA
September 9, 2005Fortaleza, Brazil - Maybe I'm just tired from arriving in Fortaleza at 2 AM last night only to be told my hotel was full. Or maybe it's the constant wind. It could be the random sprouting of multi-story buildings blocking the view of what I've heard...
FEAR And LOATHING In FORTALEZA, Part 1
September 9, 2005 Fortaleza, Brazil A man in the hotel lobby introduced himself as Steven. He was a stocky American with a Brooklyn accent, mid 60's, wearing a wife beater shirt, baggy shorts that ended below chubby knees, and teva sandals. He had a voice that bespoke...
Hair SCARE
September 18, 2005 Fortaleza, Brazil I did my traditional foreign country beauty shop visit today. It's the best way to get the pulse of a place and a cheap hair cut. I'd asked Francesca to take me to the best salon in Fortaleza, but here we were pulling up to a small...
Brazilian Mating Game
Sept. 16, 2005 On a plane out of Rio de Janeiro, headed to Fortaleza, Brazil A few hours after saying goodbye to my son before he boarded a bus in Rio, I was on a GOL plane headed to Northeastern Brazil. A debonnaire Brazilian man I'd met and spoken to briefly in the...
GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE
My mom and dad are selling their mountain home to move back to the Bay Area - close to health care and their children. Real estate is a strange animal - it's value has little to do with the actual property, and everything to do with current trends and times. The house...
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
June 3-10, 2006 The Coast of Turkey by Yacht! Calling all moms, daughters, grandmothers, and granddaughters - new and old girlfriends... Take the journey of your life with the ones you love the most... Led by travel writer, Robin Sparks, our group of 8-10 will cruise...
Hello, Goodbye, Whatever
Photo of friends and me (on the left) in San Francisco. I HAVE A TICKET to fly to Bali in 8 days. I will not be on that plane. I'm on a journey that has led to peace in my family, new beginnings with the kind of people that drew me to San Francisco in the first place,...
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to Turn 60 Under House Arrest
“Candles for Burma” Campaign Lets Supporters Send Birthday Greetings to World’s Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Copyright 2005 Ethical Traveler (San Francisco, CA) Ethical Traveler and the Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) have...
WHERE AM I and WHAT AM I DOING NOW?
I've been asked about where I am and what I'm doing so many times in the past few weeks, that I decided it was time for another blog.
Fear & Loathing in Fortaleza, Part 2
This article was inadvertently omitted when we changed website templates a few years ago. It belongs in the archived 2005 blog folder and should come after Fear & Loathing in Forgaleza Part 1. Until I sort out how to put it in its proper place, enjoy. "A desert wind...
