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Attending an Indian Wedding — in India

Attending an Indian Wedding — in India

Indian weddings in India are multi-day affairs usually feature some combination of a parade, the bride and groom on thrones, endless amounts of food and, at times, an elephant.
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San Francisco Giants World Series Celebration Photo Essay

San Francisco Giants World Series Celebration Photo Essay

For the first time since moving to California from New York City in 1958, the San Francisco Giants are the World Series champions of Major League Baseball. After trouncing the Texas Rangers in 5 games, the team returned to the City by the Bay on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, for …
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Rock and Roll Photographer For a Day

Rock and Roll Photographer For a Day

When my buddy Marc needed someone with a “nice camera” to take photos at the 2010 Outside Lands music festival for his newspaper, the Benicia Herald, I jumped at the opportunity. The unpaid but totally awesome gig came with a VIP pass and special entrance to the photographer’s pit right …
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A Party on my Delayed MUNI Bus

A Party on my Delayed MUNI Bus

NextMuni.com says my bus arrives in 18 minutes and the next one comes in 32 minutes. Next I check it’s 9 minutes and 23. Then the ETA jumps up to 12/18…then 13/16…and finally 4/4. By the time I get to my stop, both buses are pulling in together. Just another …
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A History Lesson From a Hobo in Two Guns, Arizona

A History Lesson From a Hobo in Two Guns, Arizona

Imagine my surprise when I hear a voice saying, “Hello. How are you doing?” Well, after pretty much jumping out of my skin in shock, I took a look at my greeter: an old hobo complete with the tattered jacket, hole-filled gloves, socks coming out of the shoes and a smell to match.
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A Night on the Town Starts at 7-Eleven

A Night on the Town Starts at 7-Eleven

Finding drinking in 7-Eleven highly amusing, we grabbed a few beers of our own and joined the fun. Within an hour of socializing, our group had added a pair Australians and a Hong Kong resident from Nigeria named James Later, we quickly looked around and realized that it was, in fact, a brothel. The quote of the night came from one of the Aussie guys who said, “um, we definitely need to leave here. Immediately.”
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Chasing a Naked Thai Thief into the River Kwai at 3am

Chasing a Naked Thai Thief into the River Kwai at 3am

“The thief is getting away! Go after him,” Carrie yelled. Pure instinct and adrenalin took control and I jumped over the banister into the waist high river chasing after him. I gave a good run, screaming on the top of my lungs the whole time. “Stop! Thief! Help!”
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