Ruin Cats, Part 3 (Torre Argentina, Rome) 9 Aug 2013 | 08:21 am

Largo di Torre Argentina is an excavated square containing the remains of four temples and the Theatre of Pompey, where Caesar was assassinated. It’s also home to a no-kill cat shelter and hundreds of...

Ruin Cats, Part 2 (Athens) 9 Aug 2013 | 08:21 am

Ruin Cats, Part 1 (The Oracle at Delphi) 6 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm

That time I went to Delphi and this lil’ buddy came a-running and miaowing all up over me. The Oracle herself? Probably. She was pretty noisy, made plenty of prophecies. > Telling my future. This p...

Sonobe 8 May 2013 | 04:37 pm

In Sonobe, a tiny town 50 minutes from Kyoto by train. Staying with Fiona and Pia in their little (though large by Japanese standards) comfy apartment, worrying that I could crash through a wall at an...

Tokyo snapshots 4 Apr 2013 | 03:14 pm

Building Block 18 Mar 2013 | 09:59 am

Building Block – so basic, so simple, so perfect.

Tokyo – Brown Rice Cafe 17 Mar 2013 | 12:24 pm

Brown Rice Cafe is my number one food-related recommendation for Tokyo. I visited twice, and each time it was a struggle to find, but more than worth the trouble. The first time, with Kim, we each enj...

Tokyo – Ghibli Museum 14 Mar 2013 | 11:25 am

Run, don’t walk, to adorable Mitaka and the best thing in Tokyo or maybe anywhere: Ghibli Museum.  You know I love me some Totoro. There were tears. Mainly because it was such an overwhelmingly amazin...

Tokyo – Nui Hostel 13 Mar 2013 | 05:02 am

It can be fairly difficult to find a cute and affordable place to stay in Tokyo. But aren’t you lucky, I’ve found one for you! Well, tbh I didnt find it. My pal Mika was in Japan a few weeks before I ...

Francis Upritchard & Martino Gamper’s home 14 Feb 2013 | 02:32 pm

For a long time I’ve adored the work of sculptor Francis Upritchard, thinking periodically for years now of her creepy lamps with faces and wishing one of them could live with me at my house. Today my...