DC Film Fest!
Waiting for the bus is disconcertingly normal after being transported to Buenos Aires this evening. I’m outside the Avalon theater in Washington, DC, but just exiting the theater means I was just “somewhere else.”...
Steamed up inside and out (Tbilisi)
The stonework tops of the Persian Baths, Tbilisi Persian Baths. What does that sound like to you? I thought of mosaic tiles and cave-like walls, steam floating between me and several dozen other silent...
All I do is eat (Georgia, continued…)
What a lovely day. I spent the first several hours of it just reading a novel, sitting on the front patio of the hotel. It felt so indulgent and extravagant. At about 3:00 I...
“Your colleagues are waiting for you.”
“Your colleagues are waiting for you.” That was the first thing I heard this morning – a nice, Slavic voice telling me to wake up and get downstairs to the meeting. The new job...
Work-life balance, and a new job
Most of the people I know work too much. The workweek is far more than 40 hours – more than 50, probably more like 60. It’s not like we’re attorneys who are making well...
Liberia on the flip side
Second installment. Okay, I learned something new today. If you’re not abjectly miserable in your hotel room, don’t ask for a better hotel room. The one I had was funky, a bit dark, and...