Yume Tran, TV personality, Chef and restauranteur, portrait for cookbook cover
http://www.indochine-cuisine.com/Susanna Sharp. Image captured Sept 22,2008 Two Sisters Cafe, Homer AK I really love her smile. edit
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False(?) Monk Mcleod Ganj, India; March, 2006 I think this guy was posing as a monk. I have no idea why. Maybe he was some kind of undercover dude. We were fortunate to be in McLeod Ganj during His Holiness' teachings so the town was filled with blissed out monks, true seekers and wannabes from all around the world. I found this guy hanging around at the bottom of our street. At first he was reluctant to have his photo taken but then relented when it looked like he was attracting attention. I have no idea what he was doing he was way too well outfitted to be a poor monk, new western hiking boots, heavy wool cape dyed the wrong color.
Anyway, he had great penetrating eyes.Andy Wills, Entrepreneur, book seller, master of many crafts. Andy and his wife, Sally, own and run the bookshop, the Mermaid Cafe that is in the same building and a great B&B apartment upstairs. If you are in Homer don't miss the chance to stop in.
http://www.oldinletbookshop.com/index2.html
Andy is a third generation book seller. He offers used, rare and out-of-print books, and has been operating in Homer since 1997.
The shop has moved from its original location in the basement of the Old Inlet Trading Post to its new digs up the street, now located in a dovetail notch-constructed log cabin in historic Old Town. About 400 feet from the waters of Cook Inlet, the log structure, known as the Hansen House (because it was Burt Hansen who moved it from the south side of Kachemak Bay to its present location in the early 1930s), was one of Homer's very first stores. The provenance is still a mystery, but some locals believe the cabin was built on Yukon Island in 1905, making it one of the oldest buildings in Homer.
Totally renovated, the cabin offers old pioneer charm to the add-on new construction that houses the Mermaid Cafe and B&B. The bookshop specializes in Alaskana, polar exploration, natural history, modern firsts, children's and medical books. We also offer a wide array of general stock in most genres.
Of the 20,000-plus titles available for perusal, one might find a signed Rockwell Kent illustrated first edition Moby Dick in a dust jacket, or a John Muir Cruise of the Corwin with a manuscript tipped into it. There is the possibility of securing a paperback of a favorite fiction writer, or a naval text detailing all the major submarine battles of World War 11.
Also available are original oil paintings by local artist James Buncak, oil paintings by Chicago artist Sue Spero, whale-bone and ivory carvings by Point Hope Eskimo Tom Fields, and photographs by renowned photographer G. Brad Lewis.Rex Brice 2007 Principal Steamboat Restaurant Group, Steamboat Springs, CO
http://www.rexsgrill.com/Susan on Balcony of Pema Thang Guest House, McLeod Ganj, India
Spring 2006 http://www.pemathang.net/index.html