Belgium is known for its chocolate, waffles and beer, but there is only so much that your stomach can take. I had a fantastic meal at the Belga Queen. A renovated bank hosts an expansive restaurant featuring some of the…
Continue Reading →The White Hotel in Brussels is a truely designer hotel. Belgium designers were each given a room to create, resulting 50+ rooms with a custom look that doesn't cut any design corners. Obviously, things that are well appointed tend to…
Continue Reading →Richard Trocino, CEO and designer of the OHSO travel toothbrushes I've been raving about for years has just given me a sneak peak on the next product, the OHSO Presto-- and we think it's sexy. They dramatically reduced the price…
Continue Reading →My friends in Japan think I'm nuts-- each time I'm in Tokyo (or even in London), I dive head first into Muji and stock up on everything. With 341 stores in Japan alone, it's sort of like a 7-Eleven to…
Continue Reading →I've been mostly off the radar in Japan this past week taking a little time off from the interwebs, but have been photo-blogging a few of my experiences over at the new pet project blog, Flying Standby. Check out the…
Continue Reading →With a few locations around Tokyo, Uoshins is my new favorite Japanese sushi spot. It's affordable, incredibly fresh (fish is laid out on ice when you walk in) and casual. The location I went to in Nogizaka is an old…
Continue Reading →To briefly recap our progress with the Veuve Clicquot recipe this week, we added one part design on Tuesday, one part ambiance on Wednesday, and one part expertise on Thursday. Today, there's one last ingredient to add, and we're going…
Continue Reading →Moving right along with the Veuve Clicquot Recipe I've been slowly but surely completing for you this week... Since we've successfully added one part each of design and ambiance, we're going to go ahead and fold-in one part expertise today.…
Continue Reading →Now that we've mixed 1 part design into the bowl, we're going to move onto the second ingredient -- let's add one part ambiance. Just the second ingredient in the four-ingredient recipe, it was the most eye-opening component of my…
Continue Reading →New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Shanghai, London, Geneva, New York. My travel schedule for the next 3 weeks takes me all the way around the globe. I'll be in meetings, taking a breather at a hot spring…
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