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• Chuck Norris Jokes: And other things I didn’t realize about being American

  By Julie Callahan on March 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  We Americans love Chuck Norris jokes.  I learned that this week.  My first reaction was, “Chuck Norris, isn’t he dead?”.  I don’t think it’s right to tell jokes about dead people.  Then I realize, no, that’s Gary Busey.  No one was tougher than… Read More ›

• Takahiko-san and the Cheung Chau Island Japanese Tea House

  By Julie Callahan on March 25, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Takahiko-san is a delightful, tiny Japanese woman; gregarious and multi-lingual, an  aging school marm with a neat as a pin hair bun.  She’s also a relentless stalker.   After rambling around Cheung Chau Island, I stroll thru the food courts before jumping the ferry back to… Read More ›

• Day Trip from Hong Kong: Cheung Chau Island

  By Julie Callahan on March 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Corporate America sent me to Hong Kong last week.  It’s a mixed blessing, never quite the dream vacation my friends imagine but a chance to experience a place I’ve never seen.  With Pat out-of-town for four weeks, there’s no use whining. … Read More ›

• Picking up pennies

  By Julie Callahan on March 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  An ancient and shrunkened woman passed by me as I walked into old town.  She was one of those elfin older people with hair which ressembles a mature dandelion.  At any moment, the wind could blow and cascade her to the fields.  Before my eyes… Read More ›

• Cheap places to eat in and around Old Town Bratislava

  By Julie Callahan on March 2, 2012 • ( 3 )

  My husband and I eat out every night.  I’m not sure how it got to this point.  I love to cook.  But with just the two of us (and a propensity to wolf down our food silently when left alone), we got into… Read More ›

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