The Temples of Luang Prabang
The New York Times tells me that there are 34 temples in Luang Prabang, but I’m pretty sure their reporters just gave up counting after they walked around a few […]
10 Reasons to Visit Luang Prabang
Prescott, our friend Andrea, and I have just returned from a Thanksgiving vacation in Luang Prabang, Laos — and we have decided that it’s one of our favorite places in […]
The City of Music and Dreams
Music abounds nearly everywhere in Vienna’s center city — even if you can’t hear it, someone in a fancy fake Renaissance outfit will step out and try to sell you […]
The Vienna of God and the Emperors
After visiting universities in Holland, I took a short flight to Austria for a conference. If the Netherlands is cozy, Vienna is stately — it’s clear that the Austrian Habsburgs […]
Fun Facts About Leiden
Fun fact #1: You can get pancakes that are bigger than your head. Seriously — these things are huge: I had this pear and whipped cream pancake at Pannenkoekenhuys Oudt […]
Dutch University Towns
I went to Holland last week to visit three universities. The first was in Utrecht: Truth be told, the college I went to see (University College Utrecht) was on the […]
The Last 950 Windmills
There were once over 10,000 windmills in Holland, each one busy with its own important task from moving water to grinding grain to sawing boards. Now there are approximately 950 […]
A Taste of Tiong Bahru
I thought that Singapore started providing housing for its citizens when the new government came to power after World War II, but it turns out that I was mistaken. No, […]
Red Dot Design
Prescott and I went to the Red Dot Design Museum yesterday, home to all things related to the Red Dot Design Award. This international product design and communication award has […]
Tramping Through Tampines
The area of northeastern Singapore known as Tampines — now a major Regional Centre (read: giant suburb) — was once little more than a twine of mangroves, mudflats, and swamp […]
