I've always loved the entrance to Seward Park. After all these years of admiring it with its lovely Japanese lanterns, the mossy stones, a nice collection of plants, I learned …
Three or four days into our bicycle tour, our most common exclamation was "Hey! That sign is trying to tell us something!" I fund my bicycling adventures by helping companies clearly …
My only New Year's Resolution would be that I would write more love letters— and by "love", I mean Thank You's, Acknowledgements of Kindness, and Appreciations. To this end, and …
"Going to Kyoto and not seeing the Golden Pavilion is like going to Sydney and not visiting the Opera House" or something along those lines is how the trendy, pocket-sized …
Traveling with your bike in Japan is not that hard, you just have to remember three simple things: cleanliness, expediency, and patience. There is no way a train conductor is …
When we rolled out of Kanazawa on Sunday morning, we left with one goal: get somewhere with a train on Thursday. As far as I could tell that town was …
Lizard-leg husband exhausted by simple ride— wears tight cranky pants. When I first got to Japan, I thought it might be fun to write a haiku a day. I tried this and failed. …
Sometimes it's advantageous to show up on bicycles. The dark clouds were rolling in and clearly it was going to rain. We were standing in the gift shop and reception …
A couple days ago, I received an email from my pal, Mr. C, "I'd love to see you post on how to pack for a tour -- especially the …
Spared being flattened in World War Two and out on the edge of 'Japan' (as far as I can tell), Kanazawa is known as a "Little Kyoto". Of course, I …
