Restaurants in the homeland aren’t what one might expect. Although soba and udon are daily fare at the thousands of noodle shops spread across Tokyo and nabe (a sort of rice stew made with fish or meat and vegetables) is…
Continue Reading →Anyone that knows me knows one of my favorite places in Japan is Hakone, the mountainous hot spring town outside of Tokyo. It's hard to explain why it's so special because on paper it just looks like a total tourist…
Continue Reading →Asking a seasoned traveler for the name of a good Chinese restaurant is like searching online for a custom made shirt. With no chance to feel the hand of the fabric or compare that particular shade of blue you like…
Continue Reading →If you had to compile a list of the top body parts that we human beings tend to listen to, the first two slots on that list would undoubtedly belong to our heads and our hearts with our bladders and…
Continue Reading →I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit of a coffee fanatic. I've spent countless hours on the CoffeeGeek.com forums and invested in a bunch of home equipment, all with the goal of making the perfect cup of…
Continue Reading →I love collaborations. There's no denying it; when two brands I admire come together, the result is something that is bound to land on my wishlist. Though a far stretch in terms of brand identity contrast, the second in a…
Continue Reading →Social Revolution. The thought of it has been woven into 2008 like an election campaign narrative. Change, equality, sustainability -- all huge ideas in need of huge effort to bring them to life, and even bigger efforts to make them…
Continue Reading →Josh Keyes is a tough artist to put into words. Initially, "painstaking" seems like the most appropriate term to describe his hyper-realistic paintings-- after all, the detail is above the average human being's level of artistic devotion. What else would…
Continue Reading →You can look at it one of two ways: Method was ahead of their time, or right on time. I tend to lean towards the former, because with a clear mission, a clear conscious, and a clearly obsessive attitude towards…
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