. . . know anything about this photo? Where it came from? What was going on? Etc.? I’ve seen it several times on the internet and I think it is hilarious and would love to know the story behind it. I can’t even imagine what it might be. Anyone? Anyone?

Woo-hoo! We’ve booked our honeymoon now. We’re waiting until Tet – the Vietnamese New Year in February – when we both have a week off of work. We fly to Singapore on the 13th and spend one night there, then on to Bali on the 14th. We’ll spend 3 nights in Sanur – the same [...]

. . . why people go on honeymoons directly after their weddings. I’m tired as hell and could use a few days with nothing to do but to chill out. I have to work this week, but if Thao and I can find somewhere that’s not already booked solid this weekend, we may try to [...]

Here are a few more: Thao’s bouquet of lotus flowers: Bouquet and ao dai aftermath: Thao’s brother Tam, my stepdad, my mom, and a surprisingly fat-looking me: Thao’s other brother, Phuc, and his daughter, Bao Ngan: My mom and Thao’s Aunt Thu: Drunken late-night freakery with the wedding cake: Confetti-back (when Thao took her dress [...]

My mom and stepdad – who right now are on their way back to the U.S. – took literally thousands of photos while they were here, so there will no doubt be many more to come, but here are a few that they took at our wedding in Long An and at our party last [...]

Yes, we are now officially married. Had the wedding ceremony out in Long An yesterday and it was very nice. Tonight is the wedding party in Saigon. More later!

It’s 6:30am on the 26th and I have been up since 5am and am about to go get married. One thing I never thought I would say on my wedding day: “Damn my dress has a lot of snaps.” It took me about half an hour to get them all snapped – then I promptly [...]

It’s Thursday night here – about 8:45pm Christmas eve. Doesn’t feel like Christmas at all. Hot as hell today. We had a lot to do today – buying all of the last-minute stuff we needed before the wedding. I now own a wedding ring – it finally hit me that I’m getting married in two [...]

Barack Obama’s approval index number dropped to a new low today.Rasmussen reported: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 25% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-six percent (46%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of [...]

My mom and stepdad are now in Hoi An, Vietnam. They spent two days in Cambodia and had a very nice time – thought it was interesting and the people were very friendly. They’ll be in Hoi An until tomorrow (Thursday), at which time they’ll fly back to Saigon. So far, except for an apparently [...]