The Heart of Tbilisi

On my trip to Tbilisi last November, I was greeted by this sculpture on the wall at the hotel every morning before my first sip of...

Penang in Autumn

"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from." - Joan Didion "This is water." - David Foster Wallace Even though this was the...

Hello Dolly, Kyoto

Luxuriating in jazz and whisky bar Hello Dolly is like being granted access to the cob-webbed memories of a granny from Advanced Style....

Kyoto in Spring

"We never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not." - Haruki Murakami It was a sky blue day in March. After buying postcards at an...

Coney Island, New York

"It’s like you feel homesick for a place that doesn’t even exist." - Garden State When I think of Coney Island, I think of modern pinup...