Getting Ready Soon after our festival tickets, flights, and hotels were booked, the girls of the group going to EDC went shopping for daisies, rhinestones, and beads to make costumes and kandi. We had been excitedly looking up outfit references and planning our own. Dressing for a rave is sort of like dressing for Halloween: […]
I had heard stories before that the supposed best coffee in the world is made out of coffee beans eaten and then pooped out by a weasel/cat-like creature. I immediately wrinkled and nose and said there was no way I was drinking anything derived from poop no matter how good it’s claimed to taste. However, […]
The National Palace Museum is a museum of antiques from the Forbidden City nestled in the lush forests of Shilin District in Taipei. The museum was first established in 1925 at the Forbidden City after the expulsion of the last emperor of China and consists of valuable items from the Chinese imperial family. A large portion […]
I had barely gotten back from a month-long whirlwind tour of China when I found myself on a flight to Los Angeles. These would be my first memories of the city I was born in as an adult. Sure, my family did the customary trip to Disneyland when I was a kid but it’s simply […]
Living with Needle Butt is both and blessing and a curse. It’s mid-morning, late-March and the early spring sun is wavering behind scattered clouds, shifting the light in my living room between shade and sunlight. My hands are shaking. I just typed in my credit card details and, after hovering my mouse arrow over the large bright blue […]
Maokong, literally meaning ‘cat empty’, sits on the southern edge of the Taipei basin and is widely known as the most scenic spot in the city to drink quality, locally-farmed tea. Maokong used to be inhabited by many tea farmers who created various footpaths to transport tea to the city. However, during a period of decline, many of […]
Macau is often compared to Vegas and called the Vegas of Asia. With it’s multitude of mega-casinos towering in the hot sun and shooting beams of light into the sky at night, it’s easy to see what people would think so. However, if you go to Macau under the assumption that it is indeed like Vegas […]
Monkeys are everywhere in Bali, especially at the temples. You are often warned when venturing into monkey territory to avoid wearing hats or glasses, because the devious little things can and will swoop down from the trees, take your head/face-wear, and hold it for food-related ransom. Or they’ll simply swipe your food if you have […]