Category: Travel

  • Burping Up Fish

    misc/rosen_eOne evening, after Sarah and I returned from an excellent sushi dinner here in Tokyo, she made the comment that she was burping up fish. Sushi, more than any other food that I’ve found, seems the be the food that keeps on giving. Long after you’ve forgotten the meal, a nice piece of tuna will […]

  • Back In Japan

    Once again, I’m back in Japan. For the first time, though, I’m not staying at the ANA Hotel in Akasaka. Since I’ll be here for more than 30 days, I’m at the Oakwood Residential Apartments in Aoyama (close to Shibuya). For the same price, this studio isn’t bad at all. I’ll be taking pictures and […]

  • Free Wireless at Narita

    Now that’s more like it. Remember when I was saying how the United lounge at Chicago O’Hare disappointed me because I had to pay for my wireless connection in the business lounge, and because I had to pay for the alcohol? Well, they can take a lesson from the Qantas lounge at Narita Airport in […]

  • Skittles

    It takes flying over to England to learn me a new game. The Cross Keys has, in addition to pool and darts, an interesting game of skill called Skittles. Monday nights is Skittles at the Cross Keys, and about a dozen of the townsfolk come out to play. The game seems to be an interesting […]

  • Tales From Overseas

    Well, I’ve got a little break from work, so I’m writing up a quick journal entry. I arrived safely, and spent a day touring London, exhausted. I couldn’t sleep in the back of the plane amongst the common people, so I watched Lord of the Rings, and ate my TV dinner (“What? No salmon and […]