This month was all about preparing for the in-laws biannual trek from the UK to Hong Kong. And while that meant prepping our master bedroom, reading up on easy (but uber complicated looking) meals to...
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...
My obsession with Japan is a well documented topic and one that dovetails nicely with my other obsession with historical movies, usually involving a sword of some kind, a husky accent and Mel Gibson (pre-crazy...
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...
Do you remember that movie The Next Karate Kid with Mr. Miyagi-san and Hillary Swank? (Please please don't tell me you were still in the womb when that movie came out because recently I've been...
When I was little, sunsets were the harbingers of death. Yes, literally death. My mother would tell us terrifying stories of what clowns and monsters (euphemisms for child molesters and rapists; although "clown" does the...