Category Archives: Travel

I am in Colorado for Phil Weiser’s annual telecom conference, Silicon Flatirons. Made it to Steamboat Springs to visit a friend of mine.   In some places on the ski hill, nearly 10 ft of snow.

At Sundance I saw the Donnas perform in very small space, and completely fell for this band and in particular lead singer Brett Anderson. I may give up this whole teaching gig to become a groupie. In fact for the … Continue reading →

I’m in Iowa, working as a front-line volunteer.  It feels like “Private Wu reporting for duty–”  in the sense of simply following orders as opposed to trying to decide anything.  Its humbling and very cold. I’m surely not the first … Continue reading →

Cambridge is meant to have fancy dress parties and I guess they came through. Pictured here is my mother and me, and Andy Klein who teaches torts at Indiana in the background.

I’m in England with the Wu family for Christmas. My mother is a fellow at Clare Hall at Cambridge, and has joined the rowing team here. Despite being a little north of 60, she manages to hold her own with … Continue reading →

I was in Beirut over the weekend (on a trip from Jordan) and what a town. When I arrived the President left for good, leading to the campaign below:

I’m off from Beijing into Mongolia today — back in a few weeks

I was in Woodstock today, where there are alot of hippie bumper stickers. You know what I mean. For example: “Practice Random Acts of Kindness” “It will be a great day when the schools had all the money they needed, … Continue reading →

This is fun — off to Slate retreat for a few days!

Had coffee the other day with Wikitravel founder Evan Prodromou, in town for winning a Webby Award. Even though I’ve written a few unkind things about Wikitravel, we didn’t come to blows. Instead we chatted about Montreal, the Bay Area, … Continue reading →