On Monday, the tour group headed back to Halong City while HK and I hopped a tender for Cat Ba Island where she is currently living and working for Slo Pony Adventures. The tender may have been less luxurious than the tour boat but given the scenery I really didn’t care. After disembarking at the Continue Reading

Hanoi, celebrating its 1000th year, is high energy but manageable. It demands the attention of all your senses but in a good way. Being able to walk around by myself–not feeling dumb stopping and consulting my map or searching for street signs, which was easy–is liberating. I was able to enjoy moseying in and wandering Continue Reading

“Look at my dong!” said Dave, the husband of the couple from Washington State that I met on the flight from Seoul to Hanoi. “It keeps getting bigger and bigger!” I ran into them at the Ngoc Son (Jade Mountain) Temple at Hoan Kiem Lake. I had some dong of my own but unlike Dave, Continue Reading

3/25 :: Sort of awake at 5:51am. Flight from Austin to Dallas = cake. Dallas to Seoul on Korean Air = 14 1/2 hours = day old scone.  Used to be window junkie but no more. All aisle all the time. Walk, pee, stretch; sanity = aisle. PASSENGER HIGHLIGHTS Hours 1-4 :: Beef potato lunch. Continue Reading

I just ate half a box of organic dark chocolate cookies (no pesticides were used and the cocoa beans were caressed into submission), my back hurts and I’m really tired. I’d like to blame it all on getting impregnated but it wasn’t me that got knocked up; it was my pants. And some shirts, socks, Continue Reading

What race do you identify with? a) Iditarod. I like being on all fours. b) 3-legged. If you win you get extra potato salad! On April 1, 2010, how many people were passed out on your couch? a) Two if you count the ferret. b) Just one but he hasn’t been breathing. Should we call Continue Reading

Happy: How was your weekend? Bitter: Fine. Ran errands, watched Bounty Hunter and finally cleaned the bathtub. How ’bout you? H: Great! Me and Mr. Man saw Surrogates–soo good!–and I made him breakfast tacos the next morning. Really sweet. B: Oh. H: Something wrong? B: No. I’m really happy for you and everything. I just Continue Reading

ME: What should we do for dinner? MOM: We could drive down to P.J. Wang’s. ME: You mean P.F. Chang’s? MOM: That’s what I said. ME: How about takeout from Pei Wei? MOM: They have food there? ME: Yes. It’s “pan-Asian.” MOM: Why would I want to eat where they play video games? ME: What Continue Reading

COFFEE PAL DAVID: I’m on a diet. It’s a cleanse. ME:  Oh I’ll do that with you. Do you want to do a two-day juice fast? COFFEE PAL DAVID: You mean a diarrhea weekend?Continue Reading