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Our China Journey, Part I – Singapore and Guangzhou

  • Miscellaneous
May 22, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

SINGAPORE David, Roberta, and I started our adventure in Singapore, which is a 75% Chinese city but was ruled by the British from 1818 to 1957 and after 1965 by the late great Lee Kwan Yew, who established English as […]

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Our Adventure in Ethiopia

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April 29, 2015December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In March of 2015, our family and some friends took a 3½ week trip through Ethiopia, one of the most unusual of sub-Saharan African countries.  Ethiopia is exceptional in two ways; It became a Christian culture in the 300s, whereas […]

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Art Epiphany, Part II: the Millennium Bridge

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August 2, 2014December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I write this, and the previous post, from London.  One of the newer features of the city, finished in 2000 [opened for two days, shut down for repairs, and reopened in 2002], is a pedestrian bridge called Millennium Bridge.  It […]

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How Michael Dell Ruined My Vacation

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January 28, 2014July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

For seventeen years my wife and I have been going to the Four Seasons Hualalai, on Hawaii Island [known as the Big Island] for a month every winter.  The beach in front of it is full of lava rock and […]

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Little Europe?

  • Culture
September 19, 2012July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The coastal strip west of the Cascades, including the large cities of Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland, has a very similar climate to that of Western Europe away from the Mediterranean.  The area is much smaller; a drive from Seattle to […]

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Portland Public Loos Are The Best

  • Culture
September 12, 2012July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Here’s an article from The Atlantic Cities explaining why Portland, Oregon’s, public loos are the best. In response to: “Why Portland’s Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed” by John Metcalfe at The Atlantic Cities

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Where I’ve Been, And Why I Haven’t Posted In A While

  • Miscellaneous
August 19, 2012July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I apologize to my Gentle Readers for my long silence.  I’ve just been on a long road trip around the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia; up from Copenhagen to the top of Sweden, then down through Finland, then […]

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New York City Transit’s Inconvenient Pricing

  • Miscellaneous
May 5, 2012July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

New York City, much to my disappointment, has discontinued its transit one-day unlimited ride ticket.  [You can still get such a ticket for a week, but I’m never in town that long.]  What you can get is cards with $10.70 […]

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Urbanist Observations On A Bachelor Spring Break

  • Miscellaneous
May 4, 2012July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

[I apologize that I have not gotten pictures for this post, unlike the one about my San Andreas road trip two years ago. That I took with three friends; this one I went by myself. So I took very few […]

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The Continuing Presumption of Airlines

  • Culture
January 12, 2012December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I am prepared to admit that the California Bullet Train may prove to be a failure, even though France, Spain, Germany, and China have them! I voted for the train originally, not so much to eliminate automobiles, but as an […]

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