While on the cruise, I went to two shore tours on our ports of call, Cozumel and Progresso. From Cozumel we went on a tour…
While visiting my friend in Stockholm, we went to see the Gripsholm castle, which is in a town of Mariefred, a relatively short train ride…
The Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm is kind of like a historic theme park that shows how life in Sweden looked before the historical era.…
Užupis (prounounced OO-zhoo-pis) approximately means “a place behind the river”. It’s said to have a mystical appeal. It’s full of gothy-looking ruins and old buildings.…
On Monday, September the 5th, we headed back to Vilnius via a scenic route that goes along the Nemunas river. Nemunas is the biggest river…
Užupis (prounounced OO-zhoo-pis) approximately means “a place behind the river”. It’s said to have a mystical appeal. It’s full of gothy-looking ruins and old buildings.…
On October 4, 2004 Neal Stephenson was at Book People in Austin, TX, where he read an excerpt from his then-latest book, “The System of…
October 1, 2003 Neal Stephenson was at Book People in Austin, TX, where he signed copies of his latest book “Quicksilver”, the first book in…
Guest of Honor Kage Baker Interview: ArmadilloCon 2003 Participants: Kage Baker, David Hartwell (Interviewer) Topic: One of her editors gets our Guest of Honor to…