
“I get it, you run a pawn shop on the Internet.” The first time someone told me this, I got a little offended. “Oh, so you’re a middle-man.” Nobody wants their career, dreams and aspirations summed up…

Like Los Angeles, Dubai is a city of dreams. Some are fulfilled, while others shrivel like a raisin in the hot desert sun. For those at the top, dreams have come true. Sheikh Mohammed and his predecessors have…

I met two Chinese men on my journey south from Lalibela (Northern Ethiopia) to the capital city of Addis Ababa. I don’t speak Chinese, but I tried a little, they thought my attempts were funny, and they invited me to…