Friday, October 22
 

Heyall, sorry for the slow posts but things are crazy! We're taking off for a little trip to Vietnam, but the big news is we are coming home...for at least a little while. And our arrival coincides with election day. The countdown begins!

The other big news is that John Kerry is going to win this election! He is JUST GONNA WIN IT! Now get out there and make it happen!

See you soon with pix.
 

Monday, October 18
 

The night never ends in Hong Kong, especially when Diva D comes out to play...

Thousands of spectators turned out for her appearance at the first ever Hong Kong gay pride parade. (For those not in the know, Diva D is the alter ego of my friend, colleague and taxipool mate Davide, mild mannered creative director/photographer/dvd aficianado.

All the fuss, it was just too much! As the night wore on, the champagne bubbles caught up with her and, well, the mike had to be ripped out of her hand. Oh the things we learned about Diva D that night!

PS: Jon Stewart wipes the floor with bow-tie fetishist Tucker Carlson:

I thought you were going to be funny. Be funny," he told Stewart.
"I'm not going to be your monkey," Stewart replied.
After a commercial break, the sparring resumed.
Carlson: "You're more fun on your show."
Stewart: "You're as big a d--- on your show as you are on any show."
 

Thursday, October 14
 

All I have to say is this:

By the time the clock had ticked down to 15 minutes, the balance of power onstage had shifted. Kerry was the one talking like a president. He complimented his opponent as a leader and father, pledged to work across the aisle, admitted with a twinkle that "I can sometimes take myself too seriously," and joked to Schieffer, "The president and you and I are three examples of lucky people who married up." The audience laughed, and Kerry, growing looser by the minute, took another poke at himself: "And some would say maybe me more so than others." The audience laughed again, and Kerry relaxed into the smile of a man who has been humbled by the toughest campaign of his life and believes that despite it all, he is about to win. "But I can take it," he shrugged, beaming through a goofy grin. Bush, sensing that everyone else was having a good time, tried to smile along, but all he could do was twist up one corner of his mouth. His eyes darted around the room as though trying to make sense of a nightmare.
(care of slate)

Oh, and this too...Bill O'Reilly, ladies man:

O'Reilly further suggested that the women needed to be trained so they'd be equipped and ready to go when a "real man shows up in your lives," and offered "lessons."
 

Tuesday, October 12
 

Go Go Tokyo!

Tokyo is the coolest city on earth, hands down. It's all light, action and movement, with a vibe that makes even New York seem like a placid little hamlet. The Japanese are a world unto themselves, with curious peccdillos that only 300 years of isolation can produce. Cross-dressing, Gucci bag clad Geishas in Shinjuku, why not?

Electric Shinjuku.

Pachinko playing addicts. There has to be five Pachinko parlors for every one Japanese person.

It's Halloween everyday for the teenagers of Harajuku.

Commes de Garcons. High design is another Tokyo fetish.

The amazing chef at Gesshinkyo, who prepared an amazing Buddhist kaiseki meal of about 20 courses.

The triple towers is the Park Hyatt Hotel, scene of Lost in Translation. All that ennui costs money, 700 bucks a night!

The bar scene at the Park Hyatt...where Bill Murray was sitting!

Octopus, squid and eel, oh my. The enormous Tsukiji Fish Market.

Lest we forget the absurd Japanese TV characters. Awe, he's cute!