sunset over hong kong bay, and my baby -

relative to eight months -

for reference:
grr is four. avec is eight. months.

emergence (travel changes landis) -

i will say this for extended travel.

it expands your head, forces you out of your comfort zone, makes you re-assess.


doing alot of that this week.

some reasons i will pine for china:

insane rooftop pool-time:


the four seasons, hong kong:


those crazy barbarella style floral displays:


the random discoveries, the new experiences, the mandarin meets english, the FUSION:


spending time with richard:


making new friends, ones you really adore:


the trains:


the free champagne everywhere you turn:


the old meeting the new:


kimmi and her poses:


the 798:



no newspapers, just manga:


the old and the new:


the lush tropical scenery:


that AMAZING sixties building in central:


gold hammers:


golden moments:


hong kong. period.



i may just have to go back:

settling in : portraits of domestic bliss

three days on the ground, everybody's back to normal . . .

we cheated. (detox at the four seasons, los angeles!) -

so, we didn't exactly come straight home from china.


we kinda stopped in L.A. for a few days of jet-lag-detox.

suprisingly, we pushed ourselves by laying around the pool,






eating out,





and shopping.



fresh. i know. but it sure took the jet-lag away.