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Happy Mountain: November 2007
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Saturday, November 24, 2007. November 24, 2007. Jason and I are sitting in a booth at Casita del Campo, the local quasi gay neighborhood Mexican restaurant. Jason, my cousin’s 13 year old grandson, was hungry after the movie so I was delighted at the prospect of going to Casita and having Margaritas while we went over his homework. But it was the following conversation that really struck and motivated me to blog tonight. Whether it wa...
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Sunday, November 18, 2007. November 6, 2007. EGYPT – THE GAY TOUR. On Board The Tiyi, Up River - The Nile. After a whirlwind of activities including a 21 hour marathon, today there is time to reflect on the five thousand years of human history we’ve witnessed the last two days. But then to come face to face with it was something else. How did they build these things? There is so much of it. No wonder it’s hard to process. The boys pai...
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Saturday, February 14, 2009. Tokyo-Osaka-Batangas-Manila-Hong Kong in 16 Days. Sometimes it feels so wrong but you know it's the right thing to do. But I knew it was a trip I had to take, a real once-in-a-lifer, do it now or never have the opportunity again. With the exception of leaving my laptop at Narita Airport, everything worked out. Eventually even the lost laptop reappeared 10 days later. Posted by Happy Mountain.
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Happy Mountain
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Sunday, February 08, 2009. Origins of Happy Mountain - Part I. Translated into Spanish my last name means "happy mountain." In English it's Montealegre. Last week I got to explore some of the roots of the happy mountain people- they are rooted in the capital of the Philippine Islands, Manila. In this picture Uncle Vero is in the same cemetery where some of his siblings and their spouses are buried. It felt like seeing the future becau...
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Happy Mountain: November 2006
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Tuesday, November 07, 2006. October 24, 2006 Acapulco. At our first port of call it was time to join the parallel world and put our feet on the ground. On the ship waiting for our tour to be called I realized it was going to be all gay men and as we lined up on solid ground to board the busses with Mexican staff guiding us, the straight world was again there to serve us. 8220;Go Dominic” I said to mine. I don’t like to use the w...
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Thursday, February 12, 2009. Emma Gutierrez - A Pioneer Planner. Pictured below, Emma and Januario are holding the first fruits of her efforts, Batangas first General Plan, published in 1978. It has been almost 20 years since Emma left the Philippines but everyone at Zoning and all over the Planning and Development Office seemed to know her. Posted by Happy Mountain. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). LAX - via train or google car.
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Happy Mountain: October 2006
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Friday, October 27, 2006. October 21, 2006, Southbound Off the Coast of Baja on the Serenade of the Seas. But he’s not with me on this cruise, which I originally booked for the two of us. It was my decision to exclude him but this evening, on the first night out, I’m feeling lonesome and evil. Nonetheless it was the right decision; a little tough, but the right one. I feel bad because I miss him and his companionship and because I too...
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Happy Mountain: July 2007
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Saturday, July 07, 2007. 48 Hours in Nicaragua. I’m waiting for Danilo to get off work so that we can maybe get a bite to eat, jump in the hotel pool, fool around; who knows where the afternoon and evening will lead. I know where I would like it to lead. It’s my last night of a 10 day vacation and I’d like it to lead to where it went to last night—my hotel room. As I waited I remind myself that tropical humidity is a natural moisturiz...
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Happy Mountain: September 2006
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Or, How to Build a House, Act 30 When You're 50, and Travel With Boys. Wednesday, September 27, 2006. THE FIRST GAY CRUISE TO SOUTH AMERICA - February, 14, 2006. Mario and i walked around the city seeing most of the sights including the pink palace where Evita gave her speeches to the Argentines. The city is fairly clean and several of us remarked how few people use cell phones. Prices in Argentina are very reasonable, like Mexico, inspiring me to replace my 15 year old leather jacket I originally bought...
