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Glasgow: The Absent Ear
There's a place in Glasgow where the presence of Van Gogh's ear is giving away more than it should.
#food-drink-reportOriginally posted: 2024/05/10

Remembering Wrex the Halls/San Diego
Photo: when $20 got you a decent alternative rock concert in San Diego, 2012.
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2024/04/4

Kinosakionsen
Photo: December, 2023, and achieving zen in seven baths at Kinosakionsen
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2024/03/13

4 Years is a Long Time
News flash: burnout and taking photos are not mutually exclusive.
#newsOriginally posted: 2024/03/5

Agenda: London, England (Part 1)
A selection of six restaurants and points of interest that we visited in London.
#uk-2022Originally posted: 2022/07/14

Air Canada: YVR-YYZ-LHR (and a Dropped Phone)
Life lessons through business class: using e-upgrades on latitude fares, and learning what happens when you drop your mobile under the seat.
#uk-2022Originally posted: 2022/07/7

What's in a Sandwich/LES
Photo: the debate over what a sandwich is rages on in the Lower East Side, 2018.
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2020/03/13

Reading
Photo Tokyo, 2017, where reading outdoors on a rainy day should be the dream.
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2020/02/20

AGA/Edmonton
Photo: curved metal, glass windows, and spontaneous photo ops in Edmonton, 2011.
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2020/02/3

Throwing Bananas Across Rainbow Bridge
If you have an international drivers license (and a costume), why not go-kart in the busy streets of Tokyo?
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2020/01/16

Intermission: Shinkansen
Train announcements overheard on the Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka.
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2019/12/13

Good Night/Hustlers [Part 2]
Forced smiles and standing around - but no dancing allowed.
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2019/11/21

Good Night/Hustlers [Part 1]
How an attempt to go clubbing in Japan started in a British Pub
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2019/11/7

Intermission: Trains
Train announcements overheard on a day of riding trains in northern Honshu and Tokyo.
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2019/09/6

Diamond Lights
Photo: April 2006, and a reminder of the worst thing to happen as a college-age kid
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/06/20

Reeves in a Thai Restaurant
Photo: Singapore, 2019, and finding Keanu Reeves on a wall in a Thai restaurant in Purvis
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/05/9

Toilets/Boracay
Photo: someone just needs to explain this to me, found in an upscale resort in Boracay, 2019
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/04/24

Pagsanjan Falls
Photo: shooting the rapids to Pagsanjan Falls, Philippines, 2011
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/04/12

The Whitsundays
Photo: Whitsundays, 2013, and why you shouldn't give me anything to hold in the water
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/03/10

Syphon Coffee/Lynn Canyon
Photo: questions about this fancy coffee apparatus found in North Vancouver, 2012
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/02/13

Hollywood Bowl/The National
Photo: Sept. 11/2011 at the Hollywood Bowl,
#behind-the-photoOriginally posted: 2019/01/7

Beyond the Grave (in Koyasan) [Part 2]
From dinner to check-out, what it's like to stay at a temple stay in Koyasan.
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2018/11/15

Beyond the Grave (in Koyasan) [Part 1]
Finding serenity and peace at the top of a mountain cemetery in Japan.
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2018/11/1

The Best Burger in Japan?
A bar patron in Tokyo convinces me to eat a burger in a small onsen town 10-hours away by train.
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2018/10/19

Welcome to Japan
Arriving in Japan for the first time after a 12-hour work shift, 14-hours of flying, and a 6-hour commute.
#10-hours-to-35-northOriginally posted: 2018/10/11