Category: Travel
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Tokyo Diaries: Bistro Ryumilu
Food and travel inevitably go together: whether you’re cooking for yourself or staying in a hotel and eating out travel takes you out of your normal routine. The grocery store is different, the restaurants are new and the culture of the food can be completely different. So, even a travel diary that starts late can…
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Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh and the Future of Canada
Somewhat by fluke and on very short notice, I wound up on Parliament Hill on Sunday January 5th of 2025. The next morning, it was a very different place the next morning when Justin Trudeau resigned. It’s a bad situation–the Liberal Party of Canada has never done succession very well, and Justin has left us…
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Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
Today marks the re-opening of Notre Dame cathedral. I’ve never been inside–both of my Paris visits came after the fire–but I figured it might be worth looking back on some photos taken both before and after the spire was restored. One of these days I’ll get inside.