This blog started out as the story of my travels through Latin America after graduating from law school and before returning to real life. Here you'll find my first impressions, uninformed opinions, and self-indulgent reflections from that trip. More recently I've updated it sporadically with new adventures and random thoughts.
El Gringo y El Gallo
Here I am with the local Guatemalan brew. See the first post for an explanation of the title of the blog.
Book Reports
Between long busrides and lazy afternoons, I plan to do a lot of reading on this trip. I'll post what I'm reading and what I've completed on the "Reading List" below. And, from time to time I'll put up short posts with my thoughts on each book. Please add your thoughts too.
Reading List
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals
Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
Jeffrey Archer, False Impression
Brian McLaren, Finding Faith
Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building
Bernard Malamud, The Assistant
Ellie Wiesel, Night
Thomas Friedman, From Beirut to Jerusalem
Matt Miller, The 2% Solution
John Updike, Rabbit Redux
John Updike, Run Rabbit
Rory Stewart, The Places in Between
Tim Moore, Spanish Steps: Travels with my Donkey
Bill Bryson, Notes From a Big Country
Barak Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
Irvine Welsh, Glue
Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air
Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors
Walter Mosley, Bad Boy Brawley Brown
Sidney Sheldon, Nothing Lasts Forever
Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas, Crashing the Gate