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Continue reading →: From Siem Reap to Phnom Penh – in Twenty Seconds or Less
The last stop on our way too short, Southeast Asian extravaganza was Phnom Penh. But before enjoying the city, first we had to get there. It’s about 300 km from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, and so many people take the short, 30-minute flight. But since we hadn’t seen anything…
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Continue reading →: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Awe and Beauty
There’s not much that could have prepared us for the beauty and grand scale juxtaposed with the abject poverty of what we experienced in Siem Reap, but it is definitely something we will never forget now that we’ve seen it. Siem Reap is the name of the town closest to…
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Continue reading →: Hanoi – A Spinning Bustle of Activity
We arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam at night, so we didn’t get our first taste of it until we stepped out of our marble-laden, oasis of a hotel in the heart of the old city, onto the dirty, crowded and noisy streets after breakfast that first morning. It was akin to…
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Continue reading →: Education – A Privilege
Yesterday the Japan Support Group for the Asian University for Women (AUW) held a film screening to benefit the university. The film, a PBS documentary, “Peace Unveiled” which is part of the series “Women, War and Peace” showed how women are fighting to have a voice in the politics against…
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Continue reading →: Japanese Efficiency – At The Salon!!
In my limited salon experience, when you get your hair cut, you get your hair cut. When you get a massage, you get a massage. At my mom’s salon in Florida, hair coloring is separate from cutting, even! (But we wouldn’t know about that – we’re natural blondes, right Mom?)…
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Continue reading →: The World Baseball Classic – Japanese Style!
The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is in full swing! Sometimes described as the “World Cup of Baseball” the WBC is a double-elimination tournament played by the major league teams of countries around the world. It was played in 2006 and 2009, and then, due to dropping baseball from the Olympics,…
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Continue reading →: Japanese Efficiency – In a Parking Lot
Last week my husband and I went apartment hunting. Our house is being sold and our landlord will not be renewing our lease in June. So we have intermittently been going out with a realtor to see what’s available. The realtor always drives us to places and makes both of…
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Continue reading →: The Second Anniversary of The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
It seems like the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 was a long time ago, and chronologically, I guess it was. Here in Japan, however, the events of the day are still in the front of our minds, brought to the fore with just the slightest whiff of reminder. …
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