Travel, Food, Arts

Escape into the senses: sights, sounds, tastes and discoveries.

Tales from Tibet: Tibetan women find their voices in a new book - posted on paloaltoonline.com

Love at First Note: My Life with Brahms

New Starts for the Arts – Three Women, One Goal: Make the South Bay a World - Class center for the performing arts. pdf (388K)

Master Class: Exploring World Cultures Through Music - posted on paloaltoonline.com

Genius on Stage: Chamber Music- posted on mv-voice.com or
posted on mv-voice.com pdf (with photos)

A Mighty Wind: Calefax Reed Quintet - posted on paloaltoonline.com or
posted on paloaltoonline.com pdf (with photos see page 23)

Taking the New World on Tour - posted on paloaltoonline.com or
posted on paloaltoonline.com pdf (with photos)

Trio on the Go: Saint Michael Trio makes music in the midst of fast-paced Silicon Valley careers - posted on paloaltoonline.com
posted on saintmichaeltrio.com pdf (with photos)

The Body from the Inside Out: Dance of Survival -- choreographer finds art in illness - posted on paloaltoonline.com pdf (with photos)

Italian Journey: At an unusual language school, a writer learns to speak from the heart - posted on yogajournal.com

Jazz on the Rocks, Coastal Living magazine - posted on coastalliving.com

Tibetan Nuns Find Time for Education in an Indian Exile, San Francisco Chronicle - posted on sfgate.com

Holy Chapattis and Unholy Garbage - posted on mv-voice.com
Download paper as a PDF: pdf file (p.13) with photos

Roads Less Traveled in Kathmandu - posted on mv-voice.com
Download paper as a PDF: pdf file (p.12/13) with photos

Tibetan Buddhist Nuns in Dharamsala - posted on mv-voice.com
Download paper as a PDF: pdf file (p.16) with photos

The Secrets of Florence, unraveled - posted on csmonitor.com

East meets West - Rich blend of musical styles and influences expected at Pan-Asian Music Festival. posted on paweekly.com

Lasting Strings - The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra celebrates 40 years of youthful music making. posted on paweekly.com

Master of the Arts – Gordon Knox brings color, passion and vision to the Montalvo artists' residency program.

Flowers, Fountains and Food – Alfresco dining makes the Bay Area a paradise
South Bay Accent, August/September 2005.

Reading out Loud – Sharing a solitary pleasure in a reading group. posted on paloaltoonline.com

Tea with Emily - a new production brings the audience face-to-face with the legendary poet. posted on paweekly.com

A Love Affair with Color – Home and abroad inspire photographer Nancy H. Cole. posted on paloaltoonline.com,   posted on paloaltoonline.com pdf (with photos)

Portrait of a Curator – Michael Killen's private gallery connects art and music. posted on paloaltoonline.com pdf,  Download paper as a PDF: Section 1

Seeing Humor in Cancer – "Wit" a powerful piece of theatre. posted on paloaltoonline.com

The Face of AIDS – Photographer Karen Ande documents AIDS orphans in Africa. posted on paloaltoonline.com, posted on paloaltoonline.com pdf (with photos)

Dream for a Winter's Evening – Shakespeare's classic romance at the Pear Theatre. posted on paloaltoonline.com

Persimmon Perfection – A good sleuth can track down persimmons before they’ve left the tree. posted on paloaltoonline.com

Bello Spello - a spellbinding hilltown in Umbria, Italy.

Bach Dancing & Dynamite - jazz against the sound of rolling breakers.

Ganesh's Berries - Finding a job in Nepal requires an old bicycle and a little help from the patron deity for teachers.