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Funny Moments and Photos from China

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:34:00 +0000

Random funnies: I'm watching the news and a politician (not President Hu I don't think) comes on with a red, white and blue-colored photo/drawing of himself on the wall behind him with the word HOPE...

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Wuhan, China

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

A variation on an old axiom: There are no atheists in foxholes or on China Eastern Airlines flights. I think I converted through 7 different religions in the first 10 minutes alone. I have never had...

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Bottoms Up in Beijing: Competitive Drinking

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:35:00 +0000

Nothing like being wined and dined China style. I met with an education consultancy agency and the Chairman took me and the staff out for lunch. As is common in local restaurants we got our own...

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H1N1 to Queen’s Bishop 4

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000

So the flu panic season is upon us and the airport security is on guard. I wonder if it will affect Threat Level Orange back in the States? Actually, I wonder if ANYTHING affects Threat Level Orange....

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Blogging from China : Day 1 Beijing

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:12:00 +0000

What a surprise I had when I arrived in my hotel room and went to sign into my blog to send what I wrote on the plane and nothing came up. Hm. Weird. Internet problem? Nope. Yahoo worked. So then I...

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Sweet Sticky Rice and Not So Yummy Noodles

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:29:00 +0000

I love it when Peung’s mother travels outside the city because when she comes back she always stops for some sort of food or recipe along the highway that you don't normally get in Bangkok....

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Return to Bangkok

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:15:00 +0000

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A Weekend on the Kickapoo River (Wisconsin Canoeing/Kayaking) Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:16:00 +0000

We awoke to what sounded like rain. Pattering on the tent, however, were the accumulated drops of the heavy mists condensing on the leaves above. The gunshots (.22 we figured?) we had heard nearby...

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A Weekend on the Kickapoo River (Wisconsin Canoeing/Kayaking) Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:49:00 +0000

Kickapoo. From an Algonquin word that means "one who goes here, then there." And for good reason. In just about 12 highway miles between Ontario, Wisconsin and La Farge, the town to the south, the...

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Great Taste of the Midwest beer fest VIDEO

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:15:00 +0000

I saw a t-shirt, a play on Austin's "Keep Austin Weird." It read "Keep Madison Beer'd" Here's a summary of the revelry of the Great Taste of the Midwest. If you like craft beers without limits, have...

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Beer Bloggles: Great Taste of the Midwest 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:38:00 +0000

Another successful beer fest put together by the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild. What can I say? It’s simply the best, and there are many brewers and beer drinkers from around the Midwest who...

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Fun With Alex: Continental Airlines' Latest "Improvement"

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:24:00 +0000

I love press releases with their often cheery non-news trying to make us excited that a new CEO showed up in the company to have his turn running it into the ground or some company has tried to...

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Belize it or not: My Own Private Island

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:11:00 +0000

OK, something about Belize compels one to awful puns. At least I don't own a "You Better Belize It" t-shirt... anymore. Tied to Wisconsin this summer with a couple of guidebook projects, I am forced...

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Milwaukee, the King of the Fests, Presents Germanfest 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Break out your lederhosen, it's Germanfest time again in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is a serious beer and bratwurst sort of town and that's thanks to a large population of German immigrants that started...

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United Airlines' "Smashing" Hit Song (and Video)

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:54:00 +0000

It happens. Luggage goes lost or damaged and no gives a damn at the airline. The series of tubes known as the internets, however, is giving the occasional bit of power to the people. I admit that I...

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Dillinger, Capone, Public Enemies: Radio Interview in Portland

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:50:00 +0000

(Be sure to check out my Public Enemies in Wisconsin articles and photos at The Mad Traveler.) The New York Times piece I wrote caught some attention from a Portland radio show. KPAM interviewed me...

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Summerfest Finale: Elvis and ELVIS (Costello)

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:06:00 +0000

Let me reiterate that I consider myself a photographer but not a concert photographer. I know I don't have the proper equipment and experience, and that fact was never quite so clear as when I...

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Shooting Photos at Summerfest 2009: Rodrigo y Gabriela

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:18:00 +0000

11 Days 11 Stages over 700 Bands. If that doesn't say it all, I don't know what I can add. This was my first time in the photographer's pit and though I didn't access to the big Stevie Wonder show,...

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Traveling With Michael Jackson

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:53:00 +0000

The passing of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, oddly enough caused me to think of some of my travels. Coincidentally, my first New York Times article, regarding visiting the places once visited by...

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New African Exhibit at the International Crane Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:14:00 +0000

This weekend was the grand opening of the four new habitats at the International Crane Foundation. If you want to see some impressive birds, the ICF is the place to go. The four new habitats gave the...

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Birthday and Travel Ambition

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:06:00 +0000

It's not just Johnny Depp's birthday today... Egypt just before I turned 30. Cuba when I was "the age of Christ" (33) -- so said everyone in Guatemala with a sigh when I said how old I was. I've...

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A Pils-grimage to St. Louis: Beer Heritage Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:39:00 +0000

Back in St. Louis for the first time in perhaps 10 years?!? Hard to believe. I am visiting an old college friend for some serious catching up. We went to University Loop and had some St. Louis-style...

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Gangsters in Wisconsin - Capone, Dillinger

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:28:00 +0000

It's tough researching much of this stuff, because frankly all is hearsay. Capone didn't exactly always sign the guest registry or post his vacation plans in his hometown newspaper. I have had two...

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Green Bay - Titletown Beer

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:08:00 +0000

I am off to northern Wisconsin in search of gangster sites – Al Capone, John Dillinger, and many others often hid out, distilled liquor or robbed banks up here. My first stop for the night is Green...

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Grumpy Traveler installment

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Revolinski) — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:27:00 +0000

Often what travel writing leaves out is the travel. I write about temples and ruins, museums and beaches, and hotels and restaurants, but that glosses over the rough ride of today’s sometimes brutal...

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