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A Miracle and a Marine in Paris
Text by Wesley M. Giaccomo. Seine photo by Eve Andersson
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As on many other wet yet warm Paris evenings I started a very long walk from my apartment near the crossroads of Boulevards St. Germain and St. Michel and headed west along the [...]
We Call It Australia
This is an excerpt from the essay "We Call It Australia" from the book Fraud published by Doubleday 2001.
New York City has the nation's largest public school system, with some 65,000 teachers serving 1.1 million students. There is a dearth of qualified math and science teachers here. Coincidentally, there is a surplus in Austria, with [...]
Pedal Power in Guatemala
The road into Tajumulco plummets, twisting across the shoulder of the volcano. We're at roughly 3000m above sea level, and the sun is intense. We follow creases in the valley, dip into pockets of lush green, then lean out over 1000m precipices overlooking cloud-draped villages. Guatemala is a volcanic country, always shuddering and belching ash. [...]
Apartment 3D
I lived in New York for a year without learning the names of my neighbors. I bought an apartment in a small co-op building in Chelsea, a block or two North of Greenwich Village. One would think the co-op process would encourage familiarity. After all, to purchase a co-op apartment in New York, you must [...]
Cycling in the Drizzle: Seattle to Vancouver by Bicycle
Day One
Downtown Snohomish, WA: Touristy but cute
The open trail: cycling the Centennial Trail. Quiet and smooth enough to take a photo hands free while moving.
I can see 5,000 miles: my odometer hits 5,000 miles. I could've cycled to China. Instead I'm at …
Instead I'm at this Strawberry Stand in the middle of nowhere.
Alger, WA: Tired, [...]
Gaviota, The Last Cowgirl in Cuba
I become even more schitzy than usual when I visit Cuba. Comparing the resilience and vitality of the people with the shards of their ramshackle society is interesting at times and other times a heart-breaker. This last trip wasn't different, except for one new aspect.
Photo 17
Fidel Castro on the reviewing stand at the annual May [...]
Cycling The Raritan Across New Jersey
Last weekend I took advantage of the last of the Indian Summer and did a 2-day 170 mile bike ride out to New Hope, PA. It was both an awakening to the possibilities of the Northeast and a confirmation that my lifestyle is better suited to the West coast.
The sun was shining gloriously last Saturday [...]
NYC Six Doug Zero
I think this city is out to get me–by my take trying to drive me out with mental, physical and mechanical abuse. It's winning. By my count 6 to 0 in the past month. And by very creative and unprecedented dirty tricks.
(1) In my first NY accident, after years of succesfully avoiding them, the [...]
Pedaling in Quebec
I returned to Quebec a month or so back on the occasion of having 9 whole days off between the end of my old position and the start of my new one. (What happened to 6 weeks here and 5 weeks there?!? Don't tell me I've rejoined the working class).
Route notes:
I planned my route [...]
Gay Cuba
This entry doesn't actually start in Cuba. It starts in Miami a few months earlier. I saw a very small notice in one of the gay newspapers in Miami about a documentary called "Gay Cuba" by Sonja de Vries being presented at the community college in downtown Miami. I expected maybe a dozen gay and [...]
