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 […]
Tag Archives: Gardens
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 […]
Gardens by the Bay
While Prescott went to a holiday luncheon with his co-workers on the facilities staff at SAS, I ventured to Gardens by the Bay. This huge park is a brainchild of the Singapore […]
Politics (and some pretty flowers)
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that Singapore has a one-party political system, but I feel that needs a correction. Singapore has a multi-party system — it’s just that one party […]
