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Last year, hubby had to make a few short work trips out to California, once to SF in late July and twice to Mountain View in the fall (beg...

While visiting SF for a few days, hubby and I stayed at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins , simply because hubby's company put him ther...

My brother was visiting us in Tokyo around late September, and during one weekday he and I took a stroll around Asakusa after lunch. No, w...

Before hubby and I moved home from Japan last October, my brother flew out to hang with us for about 10 days around late September. Free pl...

A few days after we returned from Taipei, hubby and I took a late afternoon stroll in the neighborhood and promptly stumbled upon a festiva...

Last of the National Palace Museum (故宮) photos and the conclusion of our [too] short Taipei trip :( Here are some really intricate carvi...

Still more photos from the National Palace Museum (故宮) ! We're almost through, folks. Almost. These are of metal-crafts in a religiou...

Even more photos from the National Palace Museum (故宮) , this time of the ceramic and calligraphy collections. Click to zoom.

As J., hubby, and I were leaving Fong Da Coffee (蜂大咖啡), we spotted an interesting sight right across the street: Taipei Tianhou Temple (臺北天...

More photos from the National Palace Museum (故宮) . These are from the jade collection. TL;DR: jades were tools first before they became j...

On the way to Sanmin (三民) Book Co. store, we walked by Taiwan City God Temple (臺灣城皇廟) and decided to cross the street for a quick peek. ...

After a failed attempt to visit the National Palace Museum, we took J. to Ximending (西門町) for her to try Yu's Almond Tofu (于記杏仁豆腐) . Y...

After snacking through brunch at Yongkang Street, hubby and I thought to go back to the National Palace Museum . It was a rainy day when a ...

Last September, having just one month left in Tokyo hubby and I decided to take a quick trip to Taipei just to visit our favorite eats. J. ...

After having a delicious kamameshi lunch and taiyaki snack , T. and I walked over to Nezu Shrine famous for Tsutsuji Matsuri ( Azalea Fest...

While in Tokyo, I frequented a cafe and made friends with a gal who works there. T. had spent a few years in Australia as an international ...

The end of August took me to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building with my friend K. and her two year-old toddler, K. K. and I have...

The final installment of Nanzen-ji and the last of our adventures in Kyoto. Having waited out the pouring rain in the pond garden of Nan...