One of the happiest memories from my childhood, aside from Saturday morning cartoons in Transformers pj's, was family fishing and crabbing trips at the docks at Captree State Park. Up at the crack of dawn, we...
Happy New Year! Well, it was a happy one until Saturday. Just a few weeks into 2014 and I've come down with the first illness of the year. And let me tell you, it is not...
It's the holidays; a time for feasts and funny fits with friends and family! And this year-end season marks the beginning of my fourth year abroad and away from New York City -- my home...
So recently, a friend of mine started a farm. On top of his full-time job. In Hong Kong. Yes, he actually physically built his own farm with rows of freshly-planted vegetables and herbs, an integrated pond...
Feeling pasty and utterly burnt out from a long year, Jess, Lilia (both doctors) and I decided to take a long-weekend getaway to Phuket last month to unwind. Between our hectic jobs, work travel, managing...
I'm scared of the most ridiculous things like, amoebas crawling up my nose and causing brain cancer (is this really an urban legend?), Sarah Palin running for office (again) and air conditioner water dripping in...
An old childhood friend/neighbor, whose first encounter with me was when my brother and I ambushed him with our Super Soakers over the fence that separated our backyards, came through Hong Kong this weekend. Over...
To this day I have fond memories of my fifth grade class in elementary school. Our teacher was an elegant woman named Mrs. Mintzer, who to this day is still one of the most inspirational teachers...
Eons ago, I went on a date with this incredibly cute, smart, athletic Thai guy who I thought was way out of my league. So, of course I wanted to be prepared with effortlessly interesting...
While I would have liked to have spent more time in Bangkok, my weekend trip to Thailand's largest city was just enough to feel like I escaped the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong. Just...
New York always looks the same to me. There might be a new building here or a once-drug-addict-infested-area-turned-hipster-hotspot there but for the most part, the concrete jungle has not significantly changed over the past two,...
After wrapping up a season of The Walking Dead with all its brain-dead mumbling, skin-decaying, flesh-eating gore, I was inspired to share some memorable and tasty eats of my own. Like an instinctual zombie taking to...