June 29, 2012
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy." --Dorothy Parker...
June 28, 2012
Darjeeling reminded me of Hayao Miyazaki's Laputa: Castle in the Sky. It is hidden within...
June 27, 2012
After all this talk of fancy dining, 4-star service, Le Bernardin and the lack thereof,...
June 26, 2012
I recently became a permanent resident of this country, and to celebrate my newly acquired...
June 25, 2012
I am ecstatic to announce that Yoko and I will be opening a real-deal brick...
June 22, 2012
With the Summer Solstice having just passed, we are officially in the picnic days as...
June 21, 2012
Matsunami Ramen was my first stop in Tokyo after a 9-day long trip of a...
June 20, 2012
Two out of three of my closest friends do not like eggs. How could this...
June 19, 2012
Shio koji, or 塩麹 (salted koji) is a going through a major boom in Japan...
June 18, 2012
Last weekend we hosted some people from my husband’s work for a little late afternoon...
June 15, 2012
Albert Mathieu was a French mining engineer, who in 1802 proposed a plan to build...
June 14, 2012
CH and I have relocated to Rio for work (and personal pursuits) and finally, we...