Advertisements In my hometown, the closest one can get to Japanese culture would be a good sushi restaurant with over priced Sake, or perhaps you can find decent tempura on a good day. That’s it.So it was nice to expand my horizons and visit the most authentic Japanese Garden outside of Japan. [the_ad id=”13633″] InContinue reading “Japanese Gardens”
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Wildwood
Advertisements “Walking reminds us of who we are.” – Paul Theroux( from The Bohemian Traveler ) On an overcast morning in a new city, I go for a walk with no predetermined destination in mind. I hope to get lucky and discover some new place, an unplanned adventure. Risky and careless perhaps, but itContinue reading “Wildwood”
Keep Portland weird
Advertisements One can feel winter on their shoulder, gently tapping to begin.The wind is swirling with electric energy causing the leaves to stand erect, then fall as they take their last tumble toward the earth. I playfully kick them up into the air, like one does as a child.Days like these are my favourite, theContinue reading “Keep Portland weird”
Washington’s Northern Olympic Peninsula
Advertisements One may wonder what draws a person back to a certain place, an internal gnawing at your subconsciousness to return. I have this sensation about Washington State, and I make the connection during my latest trip that the State of my birth, although I left when I was very young, still holds a beaconContinue reading “Washington’s Northern Olympic Peninsula”
discover Wenatchee
Advertisements As I look out the window, Mount Rainier is high above a blanket of clouds covering everything else below the majestic peak. I love seeing the world from above. As I drive into the Cascade mountains, more peaks appear, surrounded by cloud formations that appear to be the residue of some heavy breathing animal,Continue reading “discover Wenatchee”
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Advertisements I was going to write about how the Grunge music revolution changed me, but found my words pointless.Music can be everything you need to keep you alive.Walking up and down the streets of a city, trying to feel that I belongSpit out and rejected, tossed aside and taken away by the cold wind. IContinue reading “untitled”
The Seattle Aquarium
Advertisements Self-awareness. I used to think it was just a buzz word, something people said to sell you product, an ideal, a word you would see as a topic of discussion for a daytime talk show. Things are changing for me though as I experience more of this life, and I find myself all theContinue reading “The Seattle Aquarium”
Slip Sliding away in the Pacific Northwest
Advertisements Laying in the afternoon sun, on fresh cut grass, I whisper “I want a new adventure, will you come with me?” “yes” she whispers back, and the static between our bodies goes electric. “Where will you take us?” I feel the need to be near large bodies of water, empty mountain space,Continue reading “Slip Sliding away in the Pacific Northwest”