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Summer usually means more sun, less makeup. Summer, really, relies on protective skin care more than it does on makeup. But since I can’t go to class looking like a zombie, I usually apply less makeup than I would on a non-summer day. Foundatio...

Kyoto has a kitchen in a vibrant retail market specializing in all things related to food – fresh seafood, fresh produce, fresh fruits, sweets, knives, cookware, etc. – 5 blocks long, lined with more than one hundred shops and restaurants.  R...

NOTE: REPOST   I have so much backlog! It’s already mid-January and I have yet to post my 2012 favorites. I haven’t been blogging recently because I was off writing elsewhere. I just submitted a short story piece (three damn years in...

Their world a mystery to me, my fascination with Geishas are one reason I am walking the streets of Gion. To catch a Gion Odori  (a geisha dance performance) at the Gion Kaikan Theater was high on my list of priorities … Continue reading U...

Credits: Papers by Designs by Tater from ScrapMatter’s Life’s Little Surprises Kit. The guesthouse took sometime to find.  Tucked away in a street where cars aren’t allowed.  The driver of our shuttle service eventually found it; he l...

It actually stretches from the Northern arid deserts of Ethiopia to the tropical forests of Mozambique and Madagascar, with 19 countries in between.  While my East African adventure in 2006 only spanned 3 countries, the experience it yielded were qu...

I’m with some novice trekkers, not that I mind, it is an easy trek after all.  I am thrilled, in fact, to have them experience the joy of summiting after an uphill struggle that seemed never-ending and pointless, and to … Continue reading &#...