The Epicurean Lifestyle
Last weekend, Prescott and I made two trips down to the Epicurean Market, a huge festival of food and drink held annually at the Marina Bay Convention Center. It features […]
Tag Archives: Marina Bay
Happy 52nd, Singapore!
Singapore turned 52 years old on Wednesday! The country’s birthdate is marked by the day on which it became independent from Malaysia (an uneasy union that lasted just two years) […]
The Endless Gifts of Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is an excellent holiday for many reasons, not the least of which is that we get two days off from school in its honor. So on Monday, Prescott […]
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, […]
Off the Beaten Path to the Oil Spill
On Sunday, J and I ventured out to Pulau Ubin, a small island off of Singapore’s northeast coast. It’s a bit of a haul to get there from here: the […]
Escher
On Sunday afternoon, I went down to the ArtScience Museum, which has to be one of the coolest looking buildings in Singapore. It’s the white one with the huge cantilevered sections: The […]
Rooms Without Windows
Last night we went down to the Marina Bay complex, which I thought was mostly a huge hotel with a huge shopping mall at the bottom (and the worlds longest […]
Post-Work Adventures
Last night I took my first trip up to the top of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, where I went to have drinks at Spago with a friend. The view […]
Journey to the East
We spent Saturday on the southeast side of Singapore exploring an area known as Katong. This is an old, once-wealthy neighborhood inhabited largely by Peranakans (Singaporean descendants of Chinese immigrants). […]
