Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
I’m kind of at a bit of a loose end here in Katy, Texas. I like following my mom around and all, but it’s a little disorienting not having my own schedule…car…home…husband…job…life…you know. The ‘military assisted voluntary departure’ has been lifted and I’m really happy for my friends who are flooding back into Japan. Hopefully…
This is what Chris and I were doing five days before the big earthquake: strawberry picking! The week before we’d gone on possibly the worst day trip ever—it was cold, Chris had an awful cold, I was nauseous, the bus driver was making everyone sick (literally…gross) and traffic was so clogged that we ended up…
Neither of these cafes is in Katy exactly, but both are worth a try if you’re hungry on Houston’s western front. Flora & Muse is a flower shop, bakery and bistro in Houston’s new City Center at Town and Country at Beltway 8 and I-10. The whole area is fun—cute and classic shops, events, fountains,…
I wore a pair of hand-me-down cowgirl boots every single day on our one-way drive from New Jersey to Texas when I was eight. I thought they were the coolest ever. My mom teases me for getting really into the Texas history performance at my new school and saying, “If you can’t beat ’em, join…
So while I’m home enjoying Rice Village and shopping for baby clothes with my little sis, Chris has been told to expect to work weekends indefinitely. This week his squadron is ferrying decision-makers between the US bases and Tokyo. After flying for three hours today, Chris’ flight gloves were confiscated for having double the allowed…
Shikishima no Yamato-gokoro woHito towaba, Asa-hi ni niou Yama-zakura-bana! “If one should enquire of you concerning the spirit of a true Japanese, point to the wild-cherry-blossom shining in the sun.” –Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), Japanese PoetI love this poem, which I featured in one of my cherry blossom blog posts our first spring in Japan (all…
Was it really just four weeks ago that we purchased a pile of exotic merchandise for our adored shop? Just four weeks ago that we ended our first workday and watched evening settle over Chiang Mai, people biking home from work or heading to the night market, while the delicate scents of jasmine and ginger…
