Headlines become real after you have traveled. I took this photograph in the spring of 1999. To me, it always embodied the spirit of the Nepalese people I met. These scrappy people can hold their own against any lion. This square may be destroyed now, but this spirit will carry them through.
April 2015
Saved By Decapitation at the British Museum
This is the bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus with eyes of glass and stone. An act of vandalism and desecration saved it.
Me, Myself, and Eye: Researching London 2016
I have been in London for the past few weeks updating my Frommer’s guide for the 2016 edition.