San Francisco Our colleague and friend, Na Hyowoo of Asian Bridge returned the other day from a trip to Mongolia as part of his work where he had been observing the progress towards democracy. He shared the following report about the recent riot in that country against corruption and other issues, which gives a …
Month: July 2008
Constant Gardener
New Orleans I finally stumbled on the 2005 movie, Constant Gardener, set in Africa, including extensive footage of the slums of Kibera and watched it front to back. The movie was directed by the gritty Brazilian director, Fernando Meirelles, famed for City of God, filmed in the favelas of Rio de Janiero. Constant Gardener …
Zydeco
Breaux Bridge We stumbled into breakfast at the Cafe des Amis on the Main Street of Breaux Bridge and within minutes found ourselves caught up in an early morning zydeco breakfast. There was a full zydeco band from Lake Charles that was hot as fire and while we tried to get eggs and sausage …