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Collection of Old Texas Cowboys & Cowgirls Postcards

May 9, 2013

Some things never change. These cowboys and cowgirls have every bit as much gumption and attitude as any modern day Texans. Maybe more! These idealized Texans of the past made me think of the closing lines of a combative article that Larry McMurtry wrote recently for Texas Monthly. [...]

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Sky-High Rent Dates Back to San Francisco’s Barbary Coast Days

May 1, 2013

I just started reading The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, by Herbert Asbury, and I can’t resist sharing this description of the San Francisco rental market in 1849 after the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill: “There were not near enough dwellings in San Francisco to [...]

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A List of Cherry-Picked Washington, D.C. Restaurants

April 29, 2013

Please forgive the pun. Spring is such a beautiful time to visit D.C., and it’s practically synonymous (in my mind) with cherry blossoms. After I got back from a decidedly chillier version of spring in Scandinavia, I came across these beautiful pictures of D.C. cherry blossoms and just couldn’t resist sharing them or [...]

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Little Known Spanish Art at SMU’s Meadows Museum

April 25, 2013

Today is a busy day at my alma mater, Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. As I type this, the dedication of the Bush Presidential Library is taking place with all living Presidents in attendance. It’s a big deal for a university to get a presidential library, but like the [...]

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Spring in Scandinavia

April 22, 2013

Coming straight from frozen Helsinki back to a warm and sunny SFO was a surprise, in the best possible way. Much like spring itself in Scandinavia was a surprise to me. It’s a combination of sunny skies, blooming yellow and purple bulbs, wipping winds, and still cold temperatures, even including [...]

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The Arctic Northern Lights

April 18, 2013

I’m back in San Francisco after a fun-filled, cold trip to Scandinavia. I had grand hopes of writing while I was traveling, but there always seemed to be too many things to do, and too little time in which to do them. So I’m working on a few new posts [...]

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