Island in Malaysia where I once did a trial scuba dive on Christmas Day. A few days ago I saw a Western woman on the train reading The W...

My grandparents' porch, utterly devoid of stress Over the last few weeks, I've been wrapping up my work responsibilities, finis...

By the road in Nevada where our tire shredded 50 miles from the nearest town THE GIST: An American journalist acquires a Chines...

Today was my first black rainstorm experience in Hong Kong. Throughout the night, thunder overwhelmed the city noises that usually make ...

Sorry for the title, folks. I could not resist. The buzz around Hong Kong this week is all about the floating rubber duck exhibit in Victo...

Over the past few weeks I've been hard at work on a few editing projects. I sent my initial selections for the Expat Women in Asia an...

THE GIST: The drowning of a prominent investment banker in Hong Kong forces his wife to investigate a complex weave of lies, greed, and...