Don’t waste food, part 2
So I’m on vacation in Paris this week, and I was having duck confit last night at a bookstore/wine bar when I struck up a conversation with the couple sitting next to me. They...
Category: travel
A Tale of Two Museums
(Alternate title: Museums are boring) Often what I look forward to most in a museum is the gift shop and, if they have one, the restaurant. I still remember the beautiful restaurant in the...
Stories of Hospitality
1. Not going to lie, I have the gift of hospitality. If I have ever hosted you, you know that I genuinely love bringing people together to play games, celebrate birthdays, or just hang...
Stories and Meals from Taiwan
In recent years I have made the most of my Thanksgiving break by vacationing abroad. This year I spent the whole week in Taiwan to visit my family, reconnect to my roots, and eat....
January 2016
If there was a theme to the first month of 2016, it’s work hard, play hard. It all started off with a quick New Year’s weekend trip to Spokane, Washington to celebrate a friend’s birthday. I wasn’t...
Chicago – A Tale of Two Cities
I flew into Chicago on Wednesday evening and the cold actually wasn’t too bad. Thursday, though, was basically [Californian] winter, with a high of 50 degrees and intermittent rain. I spent the majority of...
What I learned in LA
This past weekend I went to LA to see the AVP Huntington Beach Championships (which deserves a post all by itself, so stay tuned), and I realized that I am still very unfamiliar with...
I love Taiwan
I know what y’all are thinking…“is there any place that he DOESN’T love?” To which the answer is, clearly you don’t know me very well. A few weeks ago I went to Taiwan for my...
Your risk tolerance is also not low. Just saying ;)