Posted in Food, Politics, Society and Culture, Travel on Friday, May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Los Angeles’s taco trucks may soon face a new traffic law that will threaten their very existence if passed.
This is horrible news. I love taco trucks. They are one of my favorite things about Los Angeles, specifically East LA. They are delicious, cheap, open all night, and most importantly, they are unique. It’s not that [...]
Posted in Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Society and Culture, Travel on Thursday, April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
For a city as densely developed as Tokyo, they sure find a lot of room for cherry trees. We enjoyed a picturesque hanami stroll along the northwestern perimeter of the Imperial Palace moat, and then into Yasukuni Shrine, where tall, close-together trees created a downy pink canopy beneath a pristinely blue sky.
Posted in Food, Society and Culture, Travel on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the exception of beer and grocery shopping, I don’t really count kaimono (literally “buying things”) among my hobbies. However, I must say I had a fine time shopping in Tokyo, mostly because I visited two markets that catered to a couple of my principal materialist pursuits: New Balance sneakers and exciting food.
The first market [...]
