people, places, things
Shibuya means “crowded valley” and is that insanely crowded part of Tokyo made famous in the film “Lost in Translation.” Today was a Sunday morning so there were few people milling about, but still the noise was loud enough that I thought it would be fun to just film a short walk, to record the [...]
…long live the cell phone. When I lived in Tokyo in the 80′s and 90′s, people escaped into thick phone-book sized “manga” comic books. The kids had space-ship manga’s and the men had their soft-porn manga’s. Now, the world’s forests can breathe a sigh of relief as demand for manga has been replaced by cell [...]
Two weeks in Vietnam and I get out once for an evening on the town. Pathetic, I know. I went to this jazz club I had been to before, Sax ‘N Art, just down the street from the infamous Rex hotel in downtown Saigon. This guy is actually the owner of the club. His name [...]
This is an ongoing Blog about food in Saigon. I’ll be posting photos and commentary about the different meals I eat while I’m here in our software development office July 26~Aug 5. Tuesday August 3 At lunch, Truc said the ‘red’ dish was Chinese, but to me it tasted like an interesting East-West concoction: large [...]
On Thursday my friend Tra and her husband invited me to their home where they have opened a small restaurant. Traveling on the back of someone’s motorcycle at night can either build, or take away, from one’s appetite… I didn’t actually see this accident but it appeared as if the woman in the yellow helmet [...]
“Nirvana” is a typical Vietnamese cafe in that it has a very well thought-out theme. Cafes here, like in other parts of the world, are a refuge where people go to escape the craziness of everything else – and, also, well, to be seen. Nirvana is probably not the best place to be seen unless [...]
This is what greeted me when I stepped out at 9pm to go look for a place to get a bite to eat. Of course, one doesn’t have to look far, but it does help to have choices…
I’m heading to Asia on a two-week trip. Thought I’d post a few pictures along the way. These are my first ones, just getting to the airport. All taken with my iPhone… These cyclists are poised to get off the ferry as soon as it lands. I like the guy on the right, with none [...]
One of the fun things to do with an iPhone, other than text people who are not in the same room while talking to people who are, is to take snapshots of food in restaurants. This was actually a recent breakfast.
There was strange pinkish light coming from the bathroom. Natural light, in our part of the world, is rarely direct from the sun but this was strange indeed. It turned out to be just that – direct sunlight against a pink towel. I grabbed the new iPhone4 – feeling like a character in a Stieg [...]
