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Country no. 38 on my World Karaoke Tour: I was a Seoul man in South Korea
At the tail end of my 2 1/2 week excursion to East Asia, I ended up spending two nights in the South Korean capital of Seoul before catching my Korean Air flight back to New York. Earlier in the trip,...
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Ten things I’m looking forward to in 2016 (and a couple more that I’m hoping...
I think it’s fair to say that any year when you undergo heart surgery is a rough one. By that standard, 2015 was challenging for me. Not that the year was without its magical moments; seeing Angkor Wat...
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Country no. 41 on my World Karaoke Tour: hello again, Taiwan!
Finding a place where you can sing karaoke in public, in front of a live audience, is surprisingly difficult in much of Asia. On that continent, it’s far more common to come across establishments with...
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Taipei unplugged: highlights of my stay in the Taiwanese capital
My introduction to Taipei in late May to early June of 2016 was memorable in part because I sang in a karaoke taxi in that city — thereby making Taiwan the 41st country on my World Karaoke Tour. But I...
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Country no. 42 on my World Karaoke Tour: singing inside the Axis of Evil in...
2016 marks the quarter-century anniversary of my taking up karaoke. On my birthday in March 1991 I sang karaoke for the first time; and during the ensuing summer I first began to embrace karaoke as a...
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A 2,200-year-old stone army and more: a brief visit to Xi’an, China
Maybe you can’t take it with you, but Qin Shi Huang (QSH) sure tried. The first emperor of a unified China, QSH directed the construction of thousands of terracotta warriors, assembled to protect him...
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Country no. 44 on my World Karaoke Tour: this year in Jerusalem!
I’m not sure why it took me so long to finally make it to Israel. Although I’m an atheist, I was raised Jewish, and the “land of milk and honey” is therefore my ancestral homeland. Plus, the country is...
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I was jonesing to see Petra. Indiana Jonesing, that is.
Me in front of the Monastery (Al-Deir) at Petra. Prelude: the day and night before The longest ride On the first day of 2017, a taxi ferried me from Jordan’s capital city of Amman to Petra. You may...
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Country no. 45 on my World Karaoke Tour: increasing my Q-rating in Qatar
On Doha’s waterfront stands this statue of of Orry Oryx, a mascot who was created for the 2016 Asian Games (which were held in Doha). An oryx is a type of antelope.What’s the correct way to pronounce...
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Country no. 46 on my World Karaoke Tour: everything is bigger in Dubai
This is a cheesy souvenir photo I purchased on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa. It was taken in front of a green screen, and the background was then superimposed. Rising over one-half mile into the...
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