Jan. 19, 2012 at 8:13am with 12 notes
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The frigid NYC weather makes me wish I were back in Thailand. 

Jan. 2, 2012 at 6:18pm with 3 notes
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Riding an elephant through a rushing river in Thailand…priceless.

Dec. 14, 2011 at 12:38pm
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I’d never been on an elephant before. Here I am at #Mae #Tang #Elephant camp riding the heck out of the pachyderm. Watch as I witness #elephants #paint #portraits and discover what amazing things can be done with #elephant #dung. Produced by Brandon Li and Patricia Serrano.

Jun. 24, 2011 at 6:38pm with 1 note
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A Smithsonian Survival Story  Trying to appreciate the glory of a taxidermed 25-foot elephant is quite difficult when all you can think of is peeing. Also, dodging a museum-ful of screaming brats to find the shortest route to the comfort room brings to mind how starved rats must feel when forced by their scientist masters to quickly find the cheese.But once the liquid has been unloaded from one’s bladder, the museum’s collection of animals killed in the name of science is actually quite fascinating.I’m currently staying in Washington DC, so I decided to challenge my sanity with a jaunt down to the adolescent-mobbed halls of the Smithsonian Institution.  My first stop is the Museum of Natural History.  The museum boasts an extensive collection of well-preserved deep sea critters soaked in brine. My favorite is the coelecanth, a giant paleo-fish that somehow dodged whatever killed most everything else 65 million years ago.  It continues to lurk in the deepest oceans and trigger the fear receptors of museum-goers daily.I’d recommend the wild cats section for those interested in the varied positions that you can contort a stuffed feline.I mosey to the gift store with the hopes of taking a plush version of a European Mole (I like my animals how I like my men: shy, British, and blind). Although I find the gift store fully stocked with furry octopus, they sadly do not have my beau.  :(Crossing ‘the Mall’, a patch of grass with no boutique shops whatsoever, I attempt to shake the guilt I feel from wishing some of these screeching toddlers dead.  My penance involves waiting in line for 45 minutes at the Air and Space museum alongside hyper-hormonal tweens for a five-minute go at the flight simulator.I take careful measures to make my flight partner airsick by simulating a dryer on tumble cycle.   As I dizzily zig-zag away from my simulated wreck, I realize that I missed the last Imax showing of Hubble 3D, narrated by Leonardo Dicaprio (cuter before the soul patch). However, not all is lost. On the way out, I walk through a piece of the old Sky Lab space station, and I wonder how it feels to defecate in zero gravity.SmithsonianTen of the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., span an area from 3rd to 14th Streets between Constitution Avenue and Independence Avenue, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km).  All Museums have free admission.Info CenterVoice 202-633-1000TTY 202-633-5285http://www.SI.edu National History Museum10th St. and Constitution Ave., NWMetro Stop: Smithsonian, Mall exitHours: 10am-5:30pmAir and Space Museum7th & Independence Ave., SWMetro Stop: L’Enfant Plaza, Maryland Ave. exitHours: 10am-5:30pm Please check the website for extended hours.

A Smithsonian Survival Story 

Trying to appreciate the glory of a taxidermed 25-foot elephant is quite difficult when all you can think of is peeing.

Also, dodging a museum-ful of screaming brats to find the shortest route to the comfort room brings to mind how starved rats must feel when forced by their scientist masters to quickly find the cheese.

But once the liquid has been unloaded from one’s bladder, the museum’s collection of animals killed in the name of science is actually quite fascinating.

I’m currently staying in Washington DC, so I decided to challenge my sanity with a jaunt down to the adolescent-mobbed halls of the Smithsonian Institution.  My first stop is the Museum of Natural History.  

The museum boasts an extensive collection of well-preserved deep sea critters soaked in brine. My favorite is the coelecanth, a giant paleo-fish that somehow dodged whatever killed most everything else 65 million years ago.  It continues to lurk in the deepest oceans and trigger the fear receptors of museum-goers daily.

I’d recommend the wild cats section for those interested in the varied positions that you can contort a stuffed feline.

I mosey to the gift store with the hopes of taking a plush version of a European Mole (I like my animals how I like my men: shy, British, and blind). Although I find the gift store fully stocked with furry octopus, they sadly do not have my beau.  :(

Crossing ‘the Mall’, a patch of grass with no boutique shops whatsoever, I attempt to shake the guilt I feel from wishing some of these screeching toddlers dead.  My penance involves waiting in line for 45 minutes at the Air and Space museum alongside hyper-hormonal tweens for a five-minute go at the flight simulator.

I take careful measures to make my flight partner airsick by simulating a dryer on tumble cycle. 

 
As I dizzily zig-zag away from my simulated wreck, I realize that I missed the last Imax showing of Hubble 3D, narrated by Leonardo Dicaprio (cuter before the soul patch). 

However, not all is lost. On the way out, I walk through a piece of the old Sky Lab space station, and I wonder how it feels to defecate in zero gravity.

Smithsonian
Ten of the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., span an area from 3rd to 14th Streets between Constitution Avenue and Independence Avenue, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km).  All Museums have free admission.

Info Center
Voice 202-633-1000
TTY 202-633-5285
http://www.SI.edu


National History Museum
10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW
Metro Stop: Smithsonian, Mall exit
Hours: 10am-5:30pm

Air and Space Museum
7th & Independence Ave., SW
Metro Stop: L’Enfant Plaza, Maryland Ave. exit
Hours: 10am-5:30pm

Please check the website for extended hours.