Category Archives: International Relations
Sir, I protest! I am NOT a merry man!
I’ve had a bit of a Star Trek renaissance this fall, what with online availability and the free time granted by underemployment. It’s so interesting to compare old TNG episodes to something like Battlestar Galactica. Of course the kinds of … Continue reading
Clearly Going
In the long-running debate between the mountains and the shore, I think that Hawai’i, the biggest island of the archipelago, may provide the best resolution. We’re staying in Waikoloa, about thirty minutes north of Kona, at a condo overlooking a … Continue reading
In the Orient
Soooo relevant to what I’m doing at the Gardner museum, it’s not even funny. Sorry I haven’t been posting too much, but it has been quite busy. Tomorrow I’m off for the weekend to a wedding (Congrats, Joe!) but that’s … Continue reading
Filed under International Relations, Married to the Sea
Where’d you get your shoes?
“Your eminence, you’re looking good,” Mr. Bush said, the A.P. reported. Apparently, this phrase is even more problematic than it first appears.
Ik heb de T-FACTOR!
When I was waiting at the gate for my flight from Gatwick to Fiumicino this January, I watched as each passenger came up to the agent and flashed his or her passport. I was the only American on the flight, … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Civic Pride, Food, Friends, International Relations, musems, Netherlands, travel
But what about Jun Meekaheen?
The View From Abroad – Sweden Italians are also pretty much solely interested in the Democratic party. In the newspaper every day there are two pages on American politics, and i Rebpubblicani are always relegated to a sidebar while i … Continue reading
Filed under International Relations, Politics
Heaven Rice Dough Balls
On the last day of Carniavale before the start of Lent, a big wooden shack was erected on the Piazza del Campo (the center of Siena.) Inside are about seven ladies and three deep-fryers churning out the most delicious fried … Continue reading
Filed under Design, Food, International Relations, Italy
And that’s why the cars are so small
(Note: older post that I wrote while we were sans internet in the hills of Umbria. Much has happened and I’ll write it when I get to it.) Due to terrible luck (a.k.a. radar failutre in the Boston area) I … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, International Relations, Italy
Practice Safe Analogizing
Its creators told students their aims were akin to those of “a junior high school sex-education class”: preparing decision makers for an activity more inevitable than recommended. Since they are bound to do what we talk about, later if not … Continue reading
Filed under History, International Relations, New York Times, Politics
