Category: Adventures

Japan, Day 3: Train to Mitaka Breakfast at Pronto Cafe inside Mitaka Station Ghibli Museum & Cafe Exploring Ikebukuro at Night Wara Wara Experience       Ghibli

Our first full day in Japan. We explored parts of Shinjuku, Harajuku, and Shibuya from about 12:00 – 21:00. We managed to shop and eat with just a

I’ve never been this excited about trying new food before. Karl’s eager to try new things but he doesn’t eat unless he’s in the mood to eat where

Our 12 hour flight from Dallas landed in Narita at 2pm Tokyo time. The first thing I noticed upon landing was the sauna-like heat and humidity that instantly

Some of the things we hope to see and do while in Japan. Areas to Explore Northern Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum Tokyo Skytree – observation decks Asakua –

I’m feeling a bit sad today. I looked at my calendar and noticed several recent things I didn’t recall and it sort of triggered a little mini-wave of

DragonCon is only a month away and Karl and I have just barely made our costume deadline. Sure there’s still a few things left to do the week after

According to Wikipedia ‘Dieselpunk is a genre that combines the aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period through to the 1950s with retro-futuristic technology.’ That sounds

Project UROK is a nonprofit organization with the goal of de-stigmatizing mental illness — a difficult, but worthy venture. Recently Wil Wheaton made a video for them in which

Well we’ve done it. We’ve finally set a date for our trip to Japan. We’ve been dreaming about this trip for several years and were hoping this would