is enjoying the balmy SoCal fall weather – reminds me of my visits here as a kid. I feel relaxed, happy, and grateful, good Sunday feelings! # spent almost the entire day at Agape – I laughed, I sang, I even cried. I just love what I feel like when I'm there. Thanks, Rickie!! # Missing fr Long Island area: Sean, 9, glasses, dark short hair, gray swtshirt, blue pants red stripe. Mineola E of Roslyn/W of Glen Cove Rd. # Golf balls:'Humanity's signature litter'. Balls can take up ... Read Full Story

About every quarter, we pack an overnight bag, leave the dogs with a housesitter, and drive the two-and-a-half hours from LA to San Diego to visit my favorite cousin, Randy, and his long-time girlfriend, Lisa. Wonderful people, warm, hospitable and friendly, Lisa is a Catholic who attends mass, well, religiously, and Randy is a bit of an atheist. In fact, he seems to have embraced food as his religion, and Greg and I inevitably come home with a “meat hangover” by Sunday evening. ... Read Full Story

Ramadan, the most important Muslim holiday, is celebrated for the whole month, and it changes almost everything about Cairo.  Ramadan is a time to get closer to God, making self-sacrifices to be awake and aware of your choices, so people fast all day every day during the month of Ramadan.  This means not only no eating, but no drinking (not even a sip of water), no smoking, no sex, and no smoking!  I think the no smoking stricture may be harder on the Egyptians than no sex. The result of peop... Read Full Story

Ramadan, the most important Muslim holiday, is celebrated for the whole month, and it changes almost everything about Cairo.  Ramadan is a time to get closer to God, making self-sacrifices to be awake and aware of your choices, so people fast all day every day during the month of Ramadan.  This means not only no eating, but no drinking (not even a sip of water), no smoking, no sex, and no smoking!  I think the no smoking stricture may be harder on the Egyptians than no sex. The result of peop... Read Full Story

In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an “Eat, Pray, and Love Bali” trip in May, 2010.  And in honor of that trip, let’s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali… Gulingen… about a half an hour outside of Ubud is the little Balinese village of Gulingen.  Our driver drops us off at a rice paddie and we walk, single file, through the rice fields, across a lit... Read Full Story

In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an “Eat, Pray, and Love Bali” trip in May, 2010.  And in honor of that trip, let’s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali… Gulingen… about a half an hour outside of Ubud is the little Balinese village of Gulingen.  Our driver drops us off at a rice paddie and we walk, single file, through the rice fields, across a lit... Read Full Story

In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an “Eat, Pray, and Love Bali” trip in May, 2010.  And in honor of that trip, let’s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali… Gulingen… about a half an hour outside of Ubud is the little Balinese village of Gulingen.  Our driver drops us off at a rice paddie and we walk, single file, through the rice fields, across a lit... Read Full Story

After you’ve been in Egypt for a little while, even a week, you start to realize that a basic understanding of Arabic must start with the following conversation: “Saba al khir?” (There are three ways to say Good Morning in Arabic, and this is the most common one. It means “Morning the Good.”) “Saba al ful!” (This is the second most common, and the most typical response. “Ful” is the way the scent of morning jasmine fills your nostrils, so roughly translated, this means “Morning the Nose H... Read Full Story

After you’ve been in Egypt for a little while, even a week, you start to realize that a basic understanding of Arabic must start with the following conversation: “Saba al khir?” (There are three ways to say Good Morning in Arabic, and this is the most common one. It means “Morning the Good.”) “Saba al ful!” (This is the second most common, and the most typical response. “Ful” is the way the scent of morning jasmine fills your nostrils, so roughly translated, this means “Morning the Nose H... Read Full Story

After you’ve been in Egypt for a little while, even a week, you start to realize that a basic understanding of Arabic must start with the following conversation: “Saba al khir?” (There are three ways to say Good Morning in Arabic, and this is the most common one. It means “Morning the Good.”) “Saba al ful!” (This is the second most common, and the most typical response. “Ful” is the way the scent of morning jasmine fills your nostrils, so roughly translated, this means “Morning the Nose H... Read Full Story