Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Would you care for a delicious peeled grape? Anyone? I attended my first Tokyo Afternoon Tea Club event Saturday afternoon at Victor’s, the 22nd-floor restaurant at the Westin (1-4-1 Mita, Meguro, Japan, +81 3-5423-7000) in Ebisu. For the club’s contact information just look up “delightful” in the dictionary. I saw a notice about it months…
To combat speculation that the koalas in my traditional Australian vacation pictures were–gasp!!–FAKE, I’m doing an overly-photoed post solely on The Koala Spectacle. “I hate to see any animal caged except koalas because it suits their natural temperament,” said the trainer on the right in the above photo. “They just want to sit around all…
Here’s a video to illustrate the cockatoo story. They did not enjoy the carrots.
Here’s why we were afraid to walk under the flying fox bats in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. Yikes!
I hate blogging without photos but I’m on the computer at the State Library in Sydney. This morning my friend Chrissy and I strolled through the Royal Botanic Gardens en route to Mcquaries Chair, which boasts some of the best views of the Sydney skyline, the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. On the way…
The most important part of any trip’s preparation is selecting and cultivating a travel journal. Everybody knows this. Because while the rest of the crap you bring will prepare you for your touring, the journal prepares your memories. And which will last longer?? I have a couple of hat boxes full of carefully selected journals…
