It’s been five unbelievable days through America’s greatest parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton. “Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law

I drove into Yellowstone park from West Yellowstone yesterday and five minutes later saw a gorgeous blue river in a field of green over a

Driving along Highway 85 in eastern Idaho, I noticed crop dusters spraying over farms. I stopped to take pictures. When one of the planes did

On the way to Washington DC, I had to go and check out the land of my American ancestors. I was 11 when my mother’s

This is my last night in Weiser, Idaho. I’ll be driving towards Yellowstone National Park in the morning, unless I find something interesting along the

I was driving through Nevada and Oregon towards Weiser, Idaho, yesterday [phot essay: “Lad of the free”]. In a tiny “town” called Rome (I mean

We talk about how rich the Rafsanjanis are, or how many multi-billion-dollar contracts have been awarded to the Sepah, Bonyad Mostazfan’s huge unsupervized business, the

NapaValley.com: One of the premier travel destinations in the world, Napa Valley’s breathtaking views abound at every turn – mustard in the late winter, picturesque

I was at my friend Kayvan’s house today in Oakland, California. His mother had arrived from Iran a few days ago. She showed us the

A beautiful song I heard on the radio today: “Blue Wing” by Dave Alvin He had a blue wing tattooed on his shoulder Well it

All the pictures in this album were taken with my iPhone camera. None have been edited except to reduce the size. Looks like from now

This is Parvin Fahimi’s moving and thoughtful message on the second anniversary of the protest movement that followed Ahmadinejad’s disputed election. Fahimi’s son Sohrab A’rabi

As I was driving on a highway in Los Angeles, I tuned into the local Iranian radio station, 670 AM (KIRN). I always listen to

[Photos] This weekend I was at the graduation ceremony for my niece Shahrzad Ghahremani Ghajar at the University of Southern California (USC). For breakfast we

This weekend I was at the graduation ceremony for my niece Shahrzad Ghahremani Ghajar at the University of Southern California (USC). For breakfast we went

watch videos: Last Thursday night my Mexican friends Arturo and Lizet took me to one of their favorite bars in Chihuahua called Durango’s. It’s a

We went over to Durango’s in Chihuahua, Mexico, for my sister’s birthday Saturday night [see photos]. All night we watched in wonder this woman in

While working on the new version of iranian.com, which should be up and running by the end of this summer, I thought of trying something

Last month I colored my hair for the first time to get rid of the multiplying grays. Two nights ago I went back to Mauricio’s

Last month I colored my hair for the first time to get rid of the multiplying grays. Two nights ago I went back to Mauricio’s

Wikipedia: San Miguel de Allende is a city and municipality located in the far eastern part of the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico. It

I have become an accidental owner of a Kindle, Amazon.com’s digital reader. I cannot tell you how much it means to me. I look at

museofridakahlo.org: La Casa Azul [The Blue House] was the place where Frida Kahlo, the most renowned Latin American artist in the world, came into this

How should we react to an idiot like Pastor Terry Jones? He finally carried out his threat to burn a copy of the Quran. The

I’m not very coordinated so unfortunately I didn’t learn much from my first salsa lesson last week for my birthday. But I did have a