We got the keys to our apartment today!  It’s a two-bedroom place on the 14th floor of a condo complex called The Hillier in the Hillview area.  The draw of […]

Started out the morning with a visit to Fort Canning Park, a hill that sits at the heart of Singapore’s old downtown center.  It has all sorts of historic significance: […]

Walked over to the Singapore Botanic Gardens this morning through an extremely ritzy neighborhood — some combination of embassy row and members of the top 1%.  If you want reminders of […]

Stifling in the heat of the Northeast or Baltimore this weekend? That’ll give you some sense of what it’s like to be in Singapore (though the temperature here has yet […]

Prescott found improv!  We went to see The Improv Company do short form tonight, and I think Pres is pretty happy to have found a possible tribe.  They’re a very young […]

We found green space today!  It’s heavily maintained green space, with big walking paths and lots of signage, and you’re never too far from tall buildings, but it was green […]

The wise and thoughtful Laura Schlitz has asked whether we have found ice cream in Singapore.  I am disappointed to report that the gelateria closest to my hotel is now […]

Singapore has pretty much everything an American could want (minus the chewing gum, of course), but there are a few things Singapore needs: More napkins (seriously — if you go […]

Here’s what we did not eat today: Pigs’ brains with chicken feet Fishball noodles Happy Soda, Crazy Soda, or Milo Dinosaur Frogs (these are available in many forms, including live […]

Our first priority over the past few days has been apartment hunting.  We looked at about eight places before settling on one this morning.  And as Prescott says, we’re going […]