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Some Memorable Moments Between Food and Me (1/2)

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I am notorious worldwide for my appetite (really, everywhere I've gone, at least one person in a group with whom I'm sharing a meal just has to comment on how I can eat). Even in Costa Rica I sometimes ate three plates of rice and beans for dinner. And in ...

New York New York, Paris Paris

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

I have a confession: I've never been to New York (as of this posting). Is that a big shocker? Saint Chapel in Paris, a lot cooler than Notre Dame if you ask me. The most awesome stained glass you'll ever see.

London VS Paris (2/2)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

...continued from The weather in Paris also sucked. It was summer. It was sweltering. But this is a point on which it's not worth lingering. We all know London is pretty much the all-around winner of worst weather in Europe anytime except the summer. The Luxembourg Garden in Paris. I forgot my ...

London VS Paris (1/2)

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Oh boy, I can already feel the flames coming in for this one. This is a classic battle between two cities, just like Los Angeles and San Francisco, Beijing and Shanghai, Tokyo and Osaka, Moscow and St. Petersburg. I think I shall in the future indulge myself in writing about ...

Studying Abroad - Ordinary or Extraordinary? (1/2)

Friday, March 14th, 2008

As of the writing of this article, to many college students, studying abroad is still something extraordinary (some high school students study abroad too, but they're a minority). If you're an upperclassman and you tell an underclassman that you've studied abroad, the typical response is probably still an extended "Wow!" ...