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Category Archives: travel

San Lang Eating Ice Cream

In France, dogs go where their owners go. They go on trains, they go to McDonald’s, shops… they go everywhere. I think the number of places dogs can go in a country is a mark of how free its people are. Every time I saw a dog I said to Bridget, look at this guy. [...]

Antiquarian or Anti?

Told ya. Bookstores or studios and homes with great bookshelves have this beckoning, whispering Come here, Bridget, come here…. We have a book of all books that you must find… and so another one we step in. There are two I particularly like, both in Amsterdam, and both run by old couples with a penchant [...]

Breadth of my heart

Hello you, how have you been? You who probably have beautiful photos of Europe, better still, beautiful and inspiring. I’ll be putting up photos of our travels over the next few days and I’ll like to start with the ones I knew I had to take when I took them. To me, a photo tells [...]

The Dirtiest City

We’re in a city with many tourists, many dogs, many pigeons, many museums, many trains. That Paris is the most romantic city in the world is a great lie. But that doesn’t make the city any less great. People here don’t give a shit what you think of them. Lots of people say that about [...]

A choice between school and food

Dear friends. It’s been awhile now, how I know in my heart I’m not doing enough. Then yesterday, it has come to us that Riverkids, the Cambodian help for street children group that we sell little Kewpie figurines for, may have to close. I believe the reason is due to insufficient expected donations. Simple as [...]