I got a very unexpected holiday invitation this year: We were invited to help celebrate the Emperor of Japan's 81st birthday! The embossed invite from the Japanese Consulate's San Francisco office caught me off-guard, so I sent an email to a woman I know at their office. She told me the celebration was the goverment's official holiday party. Each year they invite everyone who had done ...
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100+ Gift Ideas for Travelers, Foodies, and Photographers
This guide was updated with fresh ideas in November 2015. We also released two more holiday gift guides this year: 40+ Holiday Gifts for Travelers and 50 Gift Ideas for Foodies. Over the last few weeks, I've been coming up with holiday gift ideas for travelers, food lovers and photographers. Most are practical, a few are fun, but all are things that I think someone who loves these things ...
5 Things To Love About San Jose, California
Over the last few years, I've noticed something exciting happening in my hometown, San Jose, California. While my city has never had the coolness cred of our neighbor to the north (San Francisco), San Jose is having a bit of a moment. I'm in love with big cities. Seven years ago, after finishing a Master's degree in loving big cities (i.e. urban planning), I left Los Angeles and followed a boy ...
In Awe of Arashiyama
I'm not alone in being captivated by the Arashiyama bamboo forest -- this glowing natural grove is one of the most photographed places in one of Japan's most photogenic cities, Kyoto. The scale is part of it. The grass (as I remembered that bamboo is a grass, not a tree!) towered over us and I felt so small. Also, there was the vibrant color of the trees. The path is shaded, but ...
My Favorite Mobile Apps For Travel
Yesterday my friend, Layal, sent me an email telling me she was planning a trip to New York. She asked if I had any recommendations for iPhone apps that could help her navigate the city and find things to do. At first, I didn't think I had any particularly distinctive suggestions. I only use a handful of travel apps, but I do use those apps almost every time I step outside of my front door. I also ...
10 Things You Have To Do in Tokyo
Within an hour of passing through Japanese customs, I was throwing up in the back of our Tokyo-bound taxi. The interpreter tasked with showing us around Japan for the next week looked worried. This was not the first impression I wanted to make. I attribute my sudden illness primarily to the stop-and-go, rush-hour traffic, but also to a little case of the ...
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