Archive for February 2009

Back to School

Posted to Academia on the topic of NYC on 23 August 2008, with 1 comment so far.

I’d been saying for months that I wanted to pick up a class to teach as an adjunct, and now I’ve done it. Tuesday and Thursday mornings find me teaching Composition (I keep calling it “Freshman Comp,” but I have a large sprinkling of sophomores and juniors) at LIM in Midtown Manhattan. Last week was [...]

Luna Jaguar Spa Resort: A Funny Feeling

Posted to Travel on 13 August 2008, with 4 comments so far.

Of all the things I did in and around Copán Ruinas, Honduras with Stephanie during my trip there, the one I feel most compelled to comment on is our trip to the Luna Jaguar Spa Resort, an open-air spa and bathing facility made possible by the natural thermal water that pours out of a hillside [...]

A Lovely Day in Honduras

Posted to Travel on the topic of Videos on 9 August 2008, with no comments so far.

I used my snapshot camera as a video camera one day in Honduras—and uploaded my first YouTube movie. Giggles, dizzy angles, and drop-dead gorgeous plants on the porch of the main house at Finca el Cisne in Copán Ruinas. Thirty laid-back seconds of life. It was taken from a hammock.