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Edinburgh Festival Fringe reviews 2013, part 3 22 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
So much to see, so little time. The Fringe is exhausting us with its entertainment possibilities. What will life be like when there aren’t hundreds of live shows to choose from each day? Here’s what w...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe reviews 2013, part 2 18 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
Have we mentioned how much we’re enjoying our first Fringe? I already predict some serious festival withdrawal at the beginning of September. Here’s what we’ve seen in the past week: Zoe Lyons **** A...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe reviews 2013, part 1 14 Aug 2013 | 05:06 pm
Since we’ve been happily soaking up other people’s reviews and recommendations for Fringe shows, we thought it’d be nice to offer up our opinions as well (plus blogging about things is a great way to ...
Edinburgh in August: diving into the Fringe 13 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
What Oktoberfest is to Munich, the Festival Fringe is to Edinburgh: that time of year when all the tourists show up. Edinburgh more than doubles in population during August as visitors and performers ...
Tokyo food porn: yakitori 14 Jul 2013 | 05:22 pm
Dining out in Tokyo can be a bit tricky if you don’t speak Japanese. Surprisingly few restaurants offer English menus (despite the government’s efforts to encourage menu translation), and servers are ...
Settling into Edinburgh 22 Apr 2013 | 09:16 pm
About time for a wee blog update, isn’t it? Let’s fast forward from my month in Tokyo (we’ll come back to it, I promise) and jump all the way up to present day, where Scott and I are just your typical...
Tokyo: things that look like sweet potatoes 18 Mar 2013 | 03:30 am
This is not a sweet potato. It’s an homage to a sweet potato: a sweet-potato-shaped bread roll with sweet-potato filling. In the novelty-filled world of Tokyo, it fits right in. Here’s another one: sw...
Plum blossom season in Tokyo 5 Mar 2013 | 10:12 pm
As it turns out, mid-February through mid-March is the perfect time to catch the plum blossoms in Tokyo. They don’t carry the fame or multitudes of cherry blossoms, but they have a certain charm. Seve...
And now for something completely different 3 Feb 2013 | 09:25 pm
Greetings from Tokyo. I’ve been here for four days; so far I’ve spent most of my stay wandering around taking photos, sleeping at inappropriate times, and going out with friends. Another good chunk o...
Edinburgh: the apartment hunt 23 Jan 2013 | 05:31 pm
We’re more than a week into the hunt for a flat in Edinburgh, and it’s been quite the rollercoaster. We’ve seen some horrible places, and some less-horrible ones, but nothing that we’ve fallen in love...
