Survive & Thrive in Korea
With my coming move to Japan comes a new lexicon of language that I have to master. First up, because of my current guest house search, is the ubiquitous tatami mat along with the arcane symbols of rooms such as 1R, 1LDK, and so on and so on. Here’s a few photos to help you […]
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Part two of my trip back home is coming at you without much of a delay. One of the stops I made back in Milwaukee was to the Three Domes. They’ve been around forever. Each dome houses a veritable variety of vegegation from the desert landscape to the steamy tropic jungle. Yeah this doesn’t seem […]
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Over the Thanksgiving holiday I flew back home to Milwaukee to see my family. It had been almost two years since I last saw everyone and I was happy to be back in town. Above is the Milwaukee Public Library. Below is the famous Pfister Hotel. One of the things I wanted to do was […]
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Yup, it’s another update of my Beijing trip. I give a great big thanks to my friend Samarra for organizing my pictures so I could finally get them up on site. Today I’m bringing you the gorgeous Temple of Heaven otherwise known as the Altar of Heaven.The Temple of Heaven is a series of buildings […]
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One of the best days on my Beijing trips was the day of the Forbidden City. My foremost experience with the Forbidden City was the Movie The Last Emperor. Well, there were no opium drugged concubines scampering around or conniving Dowager crones, but despite that tiny disapointment the Forbidden City more than lived up to […]
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I wish I had more to say about Beijing at night. we were only there a short time and after a long hot day of sightseeing we were more inclined to seek out a nice cool beer at the bar in the hostel. Yet, we did manage to get out and about at night to […]
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