Like a good book, a good movie should put you in the scene, make you feel as if you are there along with the characters. Hollywood location scouts are paid good money to find places that fit the character of the film, and in the good ones, the setting itself can become a character. In [...]
We enter the dining room at Silom Cooking School. Immediately, the smell entered my nostrils and gave me a euphoric sensation. “What is that smell?” I asked the cooking instructor. The instructor, Nusi, is a petite Thai woman with curly auburn hair, a neon green polo shirt with matching geek glasses, answered, “It’s lemongrass.” With [...]
Before I begin this trip down my Japanese memory lane, allow me to thank all of you for the outpouring of support after you read my recent blog. I appreciate every one for their comments and emails. I’m happy to start this new phase of my job with the Navy and look forward to the [...]
The thing about being in the military that has been the most difficult adjustment for myself is not being in complete control of my own destiny. There are a lot of people pushing buttons and pushing your buttons that affect your day-to-day livelihood. We’re trained to deal with it though, respect our leaders and roll [...]
Hello. I am back from my unofficial hiatus. Had to take some time off to prepare for my move from Japan and also to just get myself back in good writing order. I apologize for the lack of posts here and also on guest blog pages in the last two months. I think Thailand wore [...]
Momofuku Ando dedicated his life to thinking about food in creative and new ways. In 1971, upon seeing how Americans broke up his first invention [instant chicken ramen] in cups, pouring hot water over them, Ando invented Cup Ramen. Ando single-handedly invented the instant ramen industry and probably helped many of us stave off hunger [...]
Raise your hand if you were born prior to the 1990′s? Remember the days of instant nothing? When a vacation actual meant disconnecting from the world? Now every thing we want can be had in an instant and rather than being happy that no one can call or contact us, we get frustrated when [...]
Before I post Andrea‘s great blog, I want to thank her for being my first guest blogger on this page. Guest blogging is a great way to reach new readers, as well as discover new writers. If anyone would like to write a travel, food or style related guest blog here, and in turn would [...]
Congratulations! Just a few years or even as recently as a few months ago, you were a solo backpacker with a simple camera, a laptop and a dream. One day, you decided to start writing a blog for a friends and family to follow your travels on; suddenly, that blog was shared with others and [...]
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