Live It Up! L.A.
Landmarks Hollywood Sign 6342 Mulholland Highway, L.A. Hollywood & Highland Hollywood Boulevard, between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive Kodak Theatre 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, 323-308-6300 Level One of the Hollywood & Highland Center Home of the Academy Awards and Cirque du Soleil 2011 Grauman’s Chinese Theatre Hollywood & Highland Center El Capitan Theatre Hollywood & [...]
Friendship Poem
For my birthday, a dear friend I met through Couchsurfing in Cancun wrote me the following: Lamneto mucho no estar hoy contigo en este dia tan especial…. Tu cumpleaños! So much I lament not being abel to be with you on this special day… your birthday! Aveces siento que eres un angel que vino a [...]
Mind Scraps: Frogs and Turtles, Princes and Princesses
“Do you have a notebook I could use,” I asked my friend Benny – Biologist Benny we call him. “Mine’s about filled up.” That’s when he offered me The Blue Day Notebook. He had just started using it, but insisted on giving it to me. It’s a cute little blue book with a cute little [...]
Love Note
Just as the tears dry up, the emotions wring my heart again, squeezing out yet more bittersweet tears. I cannot describe the EXCITEMENT and ANTICIPATION I feel for this next, upcoming adventure… this move to L.A. I feel as if the seconds could not fly by fast enough. The seconds that separate him and I. [...]
Dance Like No One is Watching…
Live like your last day Drink like its water Theres no tommorow And you think no one can hear you Raise your hands to be called on You know all the answers Your the most colourful thing that i’ve seen Your the most colourful thing that i’ve seen Your the most colourful thing that i’ve [...]
Mind Scraps: World Class Pro and Nothing Less!
What’s next?? Oh that seems to be the eternal question for me… Answer? Typical. I don’t know. BUT, I do know… it’ll be WORLD CLASS! Please enjoy the following quotes! Book: Guru “Within each of us is a NATURAL PATH. Someone who ALIGNS themselves 100% to their PATH finds an EXTRAORDINARY sense of FLOW and [...]
Back to Blogging with a Blast of Inspiration!
More than 75 days of blogging silence from yours truly. That’s… disappointing actually. But life has thrown me a few curve balls these past 2 1/2 months. You could say at least one of them smacked me dead center in the forehead… hence the proverbial “knockout” and “disappearing blog” act. During the silence, lots of [...]
Power Kite in Cancun
Just a few shots of my friend Benny who proves we can fly… Power Kite Flickr Album
Life of Luxe
Just an fyi: these beds are strewn about the beaches and restaurants here in the city I’m beginning to call home… Playa del Carmen. Jealous? Playa Del Carmen Flickr Album
Mind Scraps: Reverence Before the Radiant Sun
One morning a workmate at Traveo was enchanted by the sun. It was actually one of the workmates who ended up disappointing me, giving me much undeserved trouble. On this morning though, we had connected, shared and, together, marveled at the stunning radiance of the sun. Though the sky was blanketed in clouds her brilliance [...]
Mind Scraps: Shining From Within
You call it coincidence, I call it a small detail of an intricate plan. The following words from the Pillar today: I enjoy always your posts and pictures and am always hoping that foundation gets formed for you and that you are enjoying your journey. One thing that does strike me is that you so [...]
Mind Scraps: The Spirit Prince
“You, as I already told you, are a gift, a marvelous talent. You have a most unique, contagious energy that affects everyone!! You are love as a person. There is overwhelming kindness in you. You represent my vision of life: TO ENJOY IT! Tu ya te dije que tienes un don, un talento maravilloso!! tienes [...]
Mind Scraps: No to Nonsense, Yes to Progress!
So my stint with Traveo is already over. While the job looked fun on paper – beach lounges, sunset cruises, nights at the club and beachfront accomodation (with Mexico’s infamous soccer star Hugo Sanchez as a neighbor) – in reality it had its problems. Yet, my blog isn’t for spreading “chisma” as they say here [...]
Mind Scraps: Hitting the Notes or Touching the Soul
Saturday night Playa del Carmen hosted a pre-concert for its International Jazz Festival coming up in November. The main attractions for the 2010 summer highlight includeded smooth jazz singer/songwriter Phil Perry and renowned jazz pop singer Bryan McKnight. Admittedly, I don’t know Perry’s music too well. His performance was fun. I felt his heart and [...]
Graffiti Prophet in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Not new news. But new to me… I love how this story demonstrates that wisdom and courage can come from the most unexpected sources. I love how it illustrates that practices commonly labeled as “taboo” or “bad” can be used for good. Finally, it’s yet another testament of the power of art and expression. The [...]
Soul Freedom to Sing, Dance, Praise, Love
This was passed on to me by La Cebollita and La Mariposa. I’d like to share it here: May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you [...]
Mind Scraps: Pin Ball Chaos and Sailing Mercury Waters
Life is a pinball machine and I am its muse. With one springing shot, I am sent tumbling and whirling through a chaotic tangle of flashing lights and ringing bells. One minute I’m catapulted up, feeling as if I’m gloriously free and flying… the next I come crashing back to the ground sounding off loud [...]
RIP: Human Rights Defender Bety Cariño
Tragic news like the murder of two human rights workers in Oaxaca, MX leaves me feeling frustrated, exasperated… yet more determined to believe that this world can change. Thanks to La Cebollita who forwarded this info on to me: Human rights defenders in Mexico paying with their lives, warn UN experts Human rights defenders in [...]
Venture Capital Tips from Fred Destin
Ishac Bertran recently attended the Lift10 conference where he and his fellow collaborators exhibited their Linyl project with much success. (No surprise there.) Ishac also compiled some most useful notes from a lecture Fred Destin hosted about Hacking Venture Capital. The workshop was divided in two parts: “Pitching and getting through the deal selection process” [...]
Small Clicks to Make One Think
The latest video from my mastermind friend Ishac Bertran begs one to ponder the simple processes and tools we take for granted in our daily lives… Check it out:
Mind Scraps: Give Drink to the Thirsty
Flashback… During my first few days in the barrancas in Chihuahua, MX I was like Alice in wonderland, marveling at the fish-eye night sky, the majestic rock cathedrals and the exotic Rarámuri – who in their neon-colored blouses, loin-cloth like skirts and biblical sandals seemed to be from a prehistoric epoch. In my eagerness to [...]
Mickey’s Spiritual Odyssey
My latest article to be published on HalogenTV: Book, Film Shed Led Light on One Man’s Spiritual Odyssey Laura McNamara He walked thousands of miles on a quest to find himself. After a trying life journey that took him from preaching at the pulpit, to a mental hospital, to homeless in North Carolina then led [...]
Al Cielo with Del Sol Photography
Just wanted to share a compelling video of Al Cielo that Wonder Boy and Photog Beauty put together to give a clearer idea about my magical experience with this extremely talented and inspiring couple:
Mind Scraps: Night Runs Along the Surf
Just a quick note about my magical moment today: I walk out of my apartment door and turn down the hallway until I reach the ramp that leads to one of my complexes three pools. Weaving between the shadowy palm umbrellas, I arrive at the gate that opens onto the beach. When my feet hit [...]
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