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Archives for 2008
The Cabin of My Dreams
Ever fantasized about building a restful escape, with your bare hands, in some untrammeled back of beyond—and it all coming together just as you’d planned? Moron. Comedy is tragedy plus time, and I’m telling you, not enough time has passed. Two years now and my friends automatically start cracking up when anyone says, “How’s your [Continue Reading]
Sleepless in Stockholm
The Swedish capital reveals itself to those who get an early start—or, better yet, never go to bed to begin with. Patrick Symmes stays up all night in a city that has morphed from cloistered enclave into a multi-ethnic mecca with a perfectionist streak a mile wide Arriving before dawn, dwelling in that foggy realm [Continue Reading]
Day of Ascension
At last, tear gas. Near noon, I was sitting quietly in my hotel room in La Paz when the TV screen started streaming live footage of a riot. The spectacle of protest and provocation is so traditional here in Bolivia that it could be the national dance. But this riot looked different from those I’d [Continue Reading]
