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Entries from July 2007

Hudson Valley Road Trip

July 30th, 2007 · No Comments

See the full photo album on Flickr

Above: Vanderbilt Mansion Italian Garden
Below: Our B&B, Le Petit Château, Hyde Park, NY

Above: Sculpture at SUNY New Paltz
Below: Bard College Performing Arts Center, Designed by Frank Gehry

Above: Flower from the garden at Le Petit Château
Below: Kris and the cat from Le Petit Château

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Tags: New York · Photography · Pictures · Travel

Japanese Ambassador’s Reception

July 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Above: Me and Takae from the Japan National Tourist Organization in NY
Last Friday, I joined members of JETAANY and the new 2007 JET Programme participants departing from New York City for a reception at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence, a Louis XV-style townhouse (with elements of japonisme, of course) in the tony Upper East Side. [...]

Tags: JETAANY · Japan · Japanese · New York · Photography · Pictures

50 Word Fiction #1

July 24th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Today I tried out to be a teacher for an SAT prep company called Revolution Prep. There were about 13 of us at the audition. We had to teach a short, non-SAT-related lesson on the topic of our choice as a demonstration of our classroom teaching potential. I did an interactive lesson [...]

Tags: 50 Word Fiction · Creative Writing · New York · News · Personal · Writing

(Mostly) Brooklyn Weekend and Klong

July 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Above: Flower bouquet from Rachel and Elizabeth’s housewarming brunch in Brooklyn. More pictures on Flickr.
On Saturday, Kris and I headed out to Brooklyn for Rachel and Elizabeth’s housewarming brunch. It was nice to get out of the Manhattan and hang out on a perfect summer day with some cool cats on a tree-shaded [...]

Tags: New York · Personal · Photography · Pictures · Restaurant

David Miliband/Avaaz.org Chatham House Speech (Highlights)

July 19th, 2007 · No Comments

David Miliband/Avaaz.org Chatham House Speech (Highlights) from lee-sean on Vimeo.

Tags: Activism · Avaaz · Democracy · Marketing · Media · News · Politics · Video · YouTube