Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco. Check. This Japanese attraction had been on my list of places to visit ever since we did a five-hour city tour of San Francisco,…
Category: Culture
From the Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco
With Dragons, Lion Dances and traditional Chinese song-and-dance, Chinese New Year parades happen everywhere. The largest one outside China happens to be a few miles from where I currently live.…
Colour | Culture | Celebration
I had never been to a Lunar New Year celebration, so when I heard Kristen Sze of ABC7 Morning News talk about the event in Redwood City, CA, I jumped…
Hip and Happening Hollywood Boulevard
It was a Friday. The Friday after Thanksgiving; Yes, Black Friday! While most of USA shopped, we decided to hang out at one of the most happening places on the…
A mummy story from San Jose
Did you know that there was an Egyptian Museum in the Capital of Silicon Valley and that it happens to be the largest of its kind on the US West…
Some lessons in Hawaiian Culture
It was our first full day on Big Island, HI. What we had planned for the day was a Hawaiian culture tour on the west coast of the island: A…
Wine tasting at Cooper Garrod
If there’s no wine at home, it only means one thing — its time to head to a winery! And a little wine tasting would do no harm. Why…
Oakland’s own little Africa
Oakland, CA has a little piece of Africa just off highway 580. If Oakland is closer to where you…
Came across: In Print, in Singapore
Fun facts from Singapore: Some Singlish and other interesting info that may or may not be true. Whether you’re visiting or not, you’ll find this amusing.
Chained here is a restless spirit
The Chain Tree in Wayanad is a stop for many a curious traveller on the Kozhikode-Wayanad* route. The chain hanging from it was not put there by accident neither was…