I’m Starting a Travel Blog
DEAR READERS, I’m not entirely sure why you follow this blog, or read things I write, but I appreciate you nonetheless. I’d like to point out that I’ve begun a […]
On North Korea: Everything’s Great; Nothing’s Wrong
I had the chance to chat with Blair Sanderson the other day, a CBC News journo from back in Halifax. Appreciated that the folks back at Mainstreet remembered me well enough […]
Two Days in Busan
To only see Seoul on a Korean vacation is an absurd task. Like an all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue, you simply can’t experience all the city has to offer in the unfortunately […]
Tripping Through Vietnam: My James Bond Moment
The distance between Huế, Vietnam’s pre-communist capital, and Savannakhet, a sleepy Lao city by the Mekong River, is over 400 kilometers of thick tropical forest, sparsely inhabited by dark-skinned mountain […]
Qingdao by Night
We hadn’t slept longer than an hour when the disinterested, pale-shirted, tired-eyed Chinese airport security guard padded over and shook us awake. I knew immediately that our plan had failed. […]
Miracle on the Han(ukkah) River
Jay and Keum-won Kronish were looking for flights out of Korea when the Israeli ambassador called. There was a problem, he told them. Keum-won knew immediately what was wrong—the ambassador […]
Oscar Picks 2013
I have been in unjustifiably deep thought re: Oscar season this year. In light of an upcoming possible Oscar pool, rather than send a private message of [category] – [name] […]
