Each morning my wife watches the news while she gets ready for work and since we have breakfast together occasionally I glance over to the TV as something catches my eye. Recently I have noticed that part of the program is devoted to some new inventions or a craze that is going around. Most of […]
Where’s Wally…!?
When I was in Australia 8 years ago, I got terribly fat. The biggest reason was my host mother’s fabulous cooking. Other than that, I went out drinking with teachers and friends every Friday, studied drinking wine and cocktail in the beverage class of a hospitality course, and enjoyed many kinds of cheese and wine […]
The Curious Case of the Missing Caterpillar and its Cocoon.
When I first moved to Japan and started to live in my wife’s apartment I was really excited to have a little extra space. Yes, I said extra space. See, in Hollywood I had one of the smallest apartments you could ever imagine. It was basically four walls, a bathroom and a front door. So […]