Visit Budapest, Hungary, and you will feel that you have stepped into 1938. While Prague and London have gone global, Budapest is still Eastern Europe, … Read More ›
A customer came up to the pastry case at the Teahouse Kuan Yin once and scanned the attractive offerings dubiously. She asked, “What do you … Read More ›
Once, when I was 13 or 14, my friends’ father took his 3 daughters and me out to the Four Seas Chinese restaurant in Seattle’s … Read More ›
Guest post by Dolores J. Palomo… What better way to spend a morning in Santa Fe than a class at the Santa Fe Cooking School? … Read More ›
I got into photography when I was about 16. I bought myself a Konica TC, which was a lightweight SLR. I developed my own B&W … Read More ›
I wanted to take another cooking class on this trip. The one I had done in 2015 in Laos had been so much fun! I … Read More ›
In 1982, in the middle of Khao Sok National Park in southern Thailand, the Rajjaprabbha Dam was built. This filled in a series of connected … Read More ›
The overnight train ride from Bangkok pulled into the town of Surat Thani at 5:40 am, still dark and few businesses awake yet. This did … Read More ›
I was feeling wonderfully light and energetic in Laos. My back didn’t ache, and thanks to it being December (2015), the temperature was temperate and … Read More ›
Tiger Trail Travel in Luang Prabang offered a Hidden Waterfalls hike which sounded very cool, and we booked it for the day following the big … Read More ›
The timing of our trip to Luang Prabang in 2015 was a serendipitous confluence of 3 events: the international film festival, the 20th anniversary of … Read More ›
In my research on Laos, I read that one could take a mahout course and learn to ride an elephant. That sounded like fun, but … Read More ›
A few years ago, we went to southeast Asia to visit my friend in Chiangmai, Thailand. While this plan was in its early stages, he … Read More ›
There’s a place I like to walk with my doggie Kebab, on timberland which has been given to the county as a series of connected … Read More ›
I love Turkish food. It has all the healthful aspects of other Mediterranean cuisines, plus the spices and complexity of Ottoman, Central Asian and Persian … Read More ›
“When is this eclipse?” “Tomorrow morning, from about 9:30.” “What a shame. I’m meeting these guys down at the hatchery…we’re going to start the generator. … Read More ›
My husband and I were discussing someone and he used an expression which I thought was very cogent: “He is misdirecting his suffering.” How well … Read More ›
“Rise an hour, an hour and a half, or even two hours earlier; and — if you must — retire earlier when you can. In … Read More ›
While drinking from this cup perhaps inscribed with signs of blessing and of happiness in an unknown tongue, I hold it in this hand full … Read More ›