Buenos Aires We tried all the forms of mass transit to settle on our favorite, and maybe the best, system for getting from the Belgrano neighborhood where we are living to the ACORN office on Medrano, where we work in El Centro just a few blocks from the Casa Rosado, the national capitol of Argentina. …
Category: Personal Writings
The New Normal
New Orleans Frequently in the city these days people will talk about the “new normal” in New Orleans. It is recognition that the city is not going to be what it was in the past, and some things seem normal now that might have been unusual or bizarre before the storm. Here are three examples …
Riding Hard
Los Angeles The reality of air travel and the amazing way that airports have become the “new bus stations” became starkly clear at 4:30 AM on Saturday morning. TSA opened the security lines and since I was flying Continental Elite, I was the 3rd person through the line and onto the concourse. Nothing was open. …