Music is my subconscious. When awake, I dream it. When dreaming, I dream it. When playing, I think about anything but - like emptying the vacuum cleaner or strategies for eliminating junk...
Good morning Shanghai. I roll over check my phone for email, tweets, pings... anything. Nothing. Hunter is in the bed next to me doing the exact same thing, but with better apps and command line...
Good morning Macau. The still is broken by a steady stream of text messages from John and Hunter. Our dear friend John has boarded the ferry that will take him to the airport in Hong...
I wake up with a start and grab my phone to see if there is any news from my wife about Gunther. No texts. I do see a slew of texts from Hunter,...
I wake up, grab my phone and see a message from my wife that I should Skype her. She tells me that she brought Gunther to the vet again and left him there to...
I've been up for a few hours already, writing, copying photos from SD cards to my laptop and recharging my camera and phone batteries for another day of adventures. By design, I'm going get to...
If returning to Macau after 9 years away is a banana split, meeting the great Linolens is the whip cream, the hot fudge, the nuts and the cherry. I became aware of Lino's amazing photography via...
I seem to have settled into a bit of a jet lag-inspired schedule. I'm waking up at 4am Macau time, make two cups of coffee using the travel coffee kit I brought then plop down...
This trip has become a waking dream. Every morning I open my unconscious eyes, confused, amazed. I'm seeing more, and feeling... yes. I'm in room 2191 at Crown Towers Macau, but I may...
After a slow steamy stroll down Avenida da Prosperidade, marveling at the scale of St. Regis tower to the south and City of Dreams to the north, I arrive at the construction site of Steve...
Known for generically naming and trademarking everything (remember MEGACENTER™?), the braintrust at Sands China came up with another geolocational name - the delightful Sands Cotai Central™. Sands Cotai Central is a non-descript name for the...
"Owwwwww! Ow ow ow ow oweeee." Deep breaths deep breaths deep breaths. Relaaaaax. An epic cramp in my right calf has woken me from a deep deep sleep. I sometimes get...
When I opened my eyes, my first thought was... Whoa." That statement was followed by this question: Where the hell am I?" Oh right. I'm in a bed, in a hotel room in Macau. I made it! The...
Welcome to Macau, we've got casino carpeting in our jetway. Our passport control check point looks like a cross between a sportsbook and a Chinese pawn shop. Our security agents smile. They laugh at...
I'm somewhere over California, sitting in a chair that is hurling through space at 500mph. To my left is my travel companion, a Swiss army knife of technology, casino history and always compelling thoughts and...