“All right… but Mickey, why a limey?”
Her and Charles Boxer hadn’t made any announcement, but the the whole world must have noticed, because in the summer of 1941, Mickey's condition was obvious. Ho...
Month: April 2012
Ernest Hemingway and China’s Wings
As noted in yesterday’s “Boxer Uprising” post featuring Mickey Hahn, Hugh Woods, and Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway spent time with CNAC i...
Stephen Alvarez’s photos from our adventures in Iran last summer — climbing and otherwise
Stephen Alvarez’s photos from our adventures in Iran last summer, featuring Mark Wilford, Jim Donini, Mary Ann Dornfeld, Mohammad Norouzi, Mohammad Bahrev...
Emily Hahn, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, China’s Wings, and The Boxer Uprising
Another hilarious Emily "Mikey" Hahn flavored outtake from the China's Wings rough draft featuring Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, and some of the CNAC piilo...
Emily Hahn and CNAC, aka The Hardest Cut, Part III
This is the third part of this story, and they ought to be read in order. Here’s Part I and Part II. The putrid ape smell didn’t fade from the apartment f...
Emily Hahn and CNAC, aka The Hardest Cut, Part II
(Continued from yesterday…) On the ground, Mickey Hahn crossed the harbor and took a room at the Gloucester Hotel on Peddar Street in Central Hong Kong, b...
Emily Hahn and CNAC, aka The Hardest Cut, Part I
My favorite outtake from the China's Wings manuscript
One of the things that makes it all worthwhile…
This note just came in the mail today from CNAC Association President Peggy Maher. ...
The end of an Era: China’s Wings goes to the garage…
I’m re-organizing the office this week, moving out all the files related to the creation of China’s Wings in the hopes of making room for an (as-yet...
The official winery of China’s Wings
I hereby anoint Cartograph Wines as the official winery of China’s Wings. Founded by Alan Baker and my dear friend Serena Lourie, Cartograph is a micro wi...