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On the calendar for next year: The Burning Man Festival. This multidimensional installation/performance art festival which is held each fall for a week ago in the Nevada desert drew around 25,000 people this year. Each time it grows larger, and too much larger and it will probably begin to lose its counter-cultural, grass roots funkiness. So the time to go is now. Check out this magnificent “view” and be sure to click your mouse on the image once it appears and drag your self around. Up, down, round and round. Splendid. Wish I’d been there this year.

Hello! This fresh blogger is now in Ottawa and terribly jet lagged. I have flown, since last Thursday, from Taipei to Bangkok to London. London is a wonderful city that deserves better weather and prices. Talk about prices! I had to stop converting the pound to the US dollar to stop hurting myself. Having friends in the city helped immensely and I got to try proper fish and chips at a pub, finally. So greasy and so good. In town, my friend Elle pointed out Ian Brown, a singer of Stone Roses, who wore a short wet-looking mop on his head. I had no idea who the Stone Roses were, but the celebrity enjoyed Elle's gaze enough to walk out of the shop for us, or her, to take a better look. We saw his wet mop again in a video the next day. The style seems to be the "happening" hairdo of young trendy men in London. Go for it!

Today's New York Times Travel story about St. Michaels, Maryland immediately grabbed my attention. Aside from enjoying a virtually lifelong love for the Eastern Shore and even locating a portion of the the novel that I'm gradually moving forward with, the article caught my eye for another reason. It opens, "grand estates sit alongside small communities of working watermen" and this quaint sounding picture is part of what distresses me about the Eastern Shore.

What are you doing tomorrow night? Will you be in or near New York City? If so (and even if not), you might want to see if there's any "jiggle room" in your schedule. Tomorrow night, Thursday, September 30, the Agora Gallery will be hosting a reception for the opening of several new world class artists including our very own travel editor, Nana Chen. That's right, she has yet another NYC gallery showcasing her captivating work! You don't want to miss Nana Chen's arresting photographs, one of which may even be familiar to you from her story about traveling in Jaisalmer.