Oye, México City: Bite Me

Hey, ya crazy nuts! Sorry for the long hiatus. We’ve been super busy with work and school! I studied my wonderbutt off and got a … Read the rest



Wednesday’s Wonder: Teeny Seoul

This Wednesday’s Wonder: What is this? A City for Ants!? Back when I was kid shmuh-shmuh years ago, I had a lot of Polly Pockets. Does anyone … Read the rest



Monkey Butts and all that Jazz in Japan

I’m just going to come out and say it: I have always loved monkeys. Ever since ithatching little Marcel on Friends, I thought: “how cool would … Read the rest



Wednesday’s Wonder: Can’t Get Enough Sunsets

This Wednesday’s Wonder: Can’t Get Enough of those Sunsets around the world.  Sunsets: they’re often ignored, sometimes because there’s no time to appreciate them and sometimes … Read the rest



My Husband: The Chosen One

It was an eerily foggy morning in Koyasan, Japan, a mountainous holy city with temples and a World Heritage Site graveyard. We were among the … Read the rest



Wednesday’s Wonder: OMG, No Fog!

This Wednesday’s Wonder: It was a bright and sunny day at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and OMG! There’s no fog! There was, … Read the rest



Pink Everywhere! in Japan

I once told my students: “If I had my way, this whole classroom would be pink.” Yup, pink desks, pink walls, pink chairs….Pink. Does that … Read the rest



Bambi’s Nibbling my Crotch on Miyajima Island

Oh, Bambi, the most beloved baby deer on the planet. He bats his big doe eyes and we all swoon. Well, let me tell you … Read the rest



Wednesday’s Wonder: Sausages

This Wednesday’s Wonder: Munich’s original Christmas market has a lot of sausages. Our first time ever going to a Christmas market was in none other … Read the rest



Wednesday’s Wonder: A Real Life Snow Globe!

This Wednesday’s Wonder: The town of Wengen is just like a snow globe. You know when you were about seven years old, and your entire … Read the rest