Cowtown Culture: Art in Fort Worth
Fort Worth does its best to retain an old-time western image, playing up its “real Texas” personality in contrast to its shiny big sister Dallas next door. It’s the kind […]
Tag Archives: Gardens
The Tasmanian Midlands
The inland drive from Hobart to the sleepy town of Fingal takes you through the spectacular scenery and cute towns of the Tasmanian Midlands. The first interesting place to veer […]
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 […]
The River and the Bay
My dad is in Singapore! For his first morning here, we started with a trip to the Bukit Timah Food Centre, a hawker stall where he tried things like chicken […]
Snow in Summer
After the Fellowship of the Ring lost Gandalf in the Mines of Moria, they rested briefly at Dimrill Dale. In the movie, this scene was filmed at Lake Alta, an […]
Holland Comes to Singapore
It’s time for Tulipmania! Every year, Singapore hosts a huge tulip festival in the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay. The theme this year is Vincent van Gogh: They had […]
Gardens, Gods, and Goods
Prescott, Quinn and I started our morning with a short walk along the rail trail to Springleaf Prata (which we just call “Rail Mall Prata”) for a breakfast of pratas, […]
Why I Love My Airport
On my way to Cambodia, and loving that we have a Water Lily Garden … … and a Cactus Garden on the roof! It’s Singapore, so there have to be […]
Sisters in Singapore
Jocelyn has arrived! For those of you who don’t know my family, Jocelyn (a.k.a. J) is my sister. She flew in on Thursday night for her first ever trip to […]
Hort Park
Yesterday Prescott and I went to a small party hosted by the parents of one of my students (they also own a landscape architecture business, so I think Prescott wound […]
