Crowne Plaza

When we traveled to Qingdao, China in 2007 to meet our daughter, we stayed in the Crowne Plaza. I’m not really a hotel person –...

Discovery Bay – Home Away From Home

I have never come closer to cancelling a trip than last November. When I booked our tickets to Hong Kong, the protests hadn’t started yet....

Published in January 2020

Since December is usually a bit of a quiet month for work, January is usually a bit quiet for publications. But the cogs keep turning,...

Can You Count The Brides?

When I started traveling to Japan in the 1990’s, I was shocked to see brides lining up to have their wedding photos taken in public...

Random Music I Like

At any given time I have a couple dozen themed drafts started of these Music I Like posts. But I still regularly find things I...