02 Jan 2007
by JustMeMikein Art, Movies, Travel
The year ended recently. It’s the beginning of a new year. WTF do I talk about? I can’t do a review of the year as I haven’t had this site for a whole year. And I’m not much for predictions or prognostication. Guess I’ll just see where the keyboard and my imagination takes me.
I recently rented a film from the deep dark past. I mention it now, as some of you, like me, are experiencing the cold while we live in the midst of that season known as winter.
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01 Sep 2006
by JustMeMikein Art, Travel
It is Labor Day Weekend. All along the east coast of the Mid-Atlantic States of the USA, people await the storm called Ernesto as it heads northeast. I am steps from the Hudson River, and on my TV, at Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, the rain is already beginning to fall. It is 8:20 PM on Friday, September1st.
(above) One man water taxi on a Burmese River
(above) Upain Bridge, Mandalay by Tin Tun Hlaing
No doubt, around this part of the country, people will be wishing they were somewhere else, or hoping they will get through the next few days without having to face a deluge of rain for the long holiday weekend which marks the unofficial end of summer.
(Below) Lake Ferry, Myanmar
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14 Aug 2006
by JustMeMikein Movies, Travel
The City by the Bay
New York, May 7th: Ah yes, I do love San Francisco, that gorgeous coastal city filled with instantly recognized landmarks as exclamation points to an urban look quite unlike any other American city. The city has an eclectic atmosphere that is part fog and mist, part myth, and all magic. When you see the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time, it is an awe-inspiring moment. Once you’re done snapping some pictures you might say to yourself, “Why do they call it the Golden Gate? It’s not golden at all – it’s really reddish.”
And so it is. Seeing the bridge is breath taking. Driving on it is thrilling; maybe even nerve-wracking. But imagine fighting for your life in deadly hand-to-hand combat high up on a support cable approaching the top of the towers.
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