ZoomDetails Going au naturel in Paris, with Natural and Biodynamic WinesTrip ReportsBy TomMarch 4, 201718 CommentsTrend alert! Paris is the best city for trying biodynamic and natural wines. Read an intro to this style and why they may shake up your perspectives.
ZoomDetails Fine Dining: Eating Kappo in OsakaHang-out spotsBy TomSeptember 9, 2018Leave a commentOne form of fine dining in Osaka Japan is called Kappo, where everyone sits together at a counter in front of the open kitchen. Here’s my experience in one place.
ZoomDetails Eat This, You’ll Feel Better: Taking Time Out For Restoration At Lisbon’s Time Out Ribeira MarketTrip ReportsBy TomMay 7, 201612 Comments The driving rain poured outside and I was wet sitting inside. I had jet lag and was feeling sick, shaken, and not good in the stomach. The two couples on either side of me were eating ungodly amounts of food, entire wheels of cheese, meat plates, steaks, quantities that made my system tremble. If…
ZoomDetails Death Makes a HolidayTrip ReportsBy TomAugust 2, 201816 CommentsHave you ever seen animals killed in front of you? The Toraja region of Sulawesi, Indonesia is obsessed with death. In my visit to their villages, I saw ritual sacrifice in a funeral, cliff graves, skulls, and lots of blood.
ZoomDetails Church of the Holy Sepulchre – another Jerusalem site testing everything you believeTrip ReportsBy TomDecember 16, 201611 CommentsVisiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem will let you experience old Christian traditions with modern orangized religious differences.
ZoomDetails Characteristics of an Asian BarHang-out spotsBy TomJuly 8, 2018Leave a commentThe bar is one of humankind’s greatest inventions, but Western and Eastern traditions are different. Let me run down a Western perspective of the characteristics of an Asian bar, what makes bars in East Asia different and interesting.
ZoomDetails Bratislava is worth more than just a day trip. It’s also worth one evening, before you move onThe Next PragueBy TomDecember 2, 2017Leave a commentIs visiting Bratislava worth it? It’s a city that doesn’t quicken hearts, but deserves more than a normal day trip. It has a charming old city center, a castle on a hill, and it’s right on the Danube. Stay the night at least, but then move on.
ZoomDetails Batumi, Georgia – possible Black Sea resort or Vegas of the EastTrip ReportsBy TomDecember 15, 201710 CommentsWhy Batumi, Georgia, on the Black Sea, is the next playground/resort to check out. It’s contrived, as they are all, but with great food and drink and a seaside playground to enjoy.
ZoomDetails After Brussels and Paris (and Madrid and London), everyone is asking: Is traveling to Europe safe?The Nuts and Bolts of TravelBy TomApril 19, 2016Leave a commentAfter recent terrorist attacks, everyone is asking “Is Europe safe?” Let’s examine how a destination is safe or not and what strange advice experts give.
ZoomDetails A World of Flophouses is now liveBy TomApril 9, 2016Leave a commentA World of Flophouses is now live.
ZoomDetails A walk in Mongkok, Hong Kong’s seriously intense districtHang-out spotsBy TomMay 20, 201716 CommentsA walk in Mongkok, Hong Kong’s seriously intense district, will show you all sides of an urban experience. Markets, malls, food, and street life-all there for the taking.
ZoomDetails A Tale of Two BarsHang-out spotsBy TomAugust 20, 2017Leave a commentIn Palermo, Sicily, the Taverna Azzurra dive bar has a split personality. Go in the day and then in the evening and you’ll find very different places, both utterly worth it.