Back in 2000, Kevin and I were luck to celebrate that New Year in Rio De Janiero with our good friend Rusty. The Brazilians have many special traditions for celebrating this once a year night. The main tradition is that everyone must wear white. Ever since then, I like to embrace this clothing ritual andContinue reading Wearing a Holiday White Dress with Sneakers
Kevin with his folks, Jane and Alex Krembs We are so lucky for all the family time in Hong Kong. With Kevin’s brother living here our kids get to have cousins right next door for the very first time. Plus, with five grandkids in Hong Kong it warrants for visits from Grammy and Babaji. (SinceContinue reading Family Time in Hong Kong
According to the above image from last November, it would appear I also was having a leopard moment exactly one year ago. Here I am wearing leopard boldly, casually with jeans, and cozily in my faux fur jacket. Indeed, all year long, for many many years now, I’ve been no stranger to leopard. Please doContinue reading What I’ve Been Up To This November
This post is more for me, but I hope my Hong Kong readers also take advantage of this information. I’ve been having a hard time keeping track of all the Christmas bazaars and pop ups happening around the city, so I thought I’d make a cheat sheet to keep things straight. Granted this could haveContinue reading Hong Kong Christmas Bazaars Cheat Sheet
The weekend I’ve been waiting for since last year has finally arrived. Clockenflap 2018 starts tonight! I love this Hong Kong music festival so much: immediately after attending last year, I purchased tickets for Kevin and me for this year. It made for the perfect Christmas present, and it took the decision making easier forContinue reading Up this Weekend: Clockenflap
There’s a spot in Hong Kong we go to about twice a year: The Peak. The reason we go up to the top of The Peak is to take a walk around the top of the highest mountain hill in Hong Kong–actually called Victorian Peak. The Peak Circle walk is only 3.5 kilometers long withContinue reading I Love Hong Kong: The Peak
This was my travel outfit to and from Bali. The pants were perfect and very Balinese–even though they’re from Zara. I carried my straw beach bag as a carry on which is actually perfect for throwing all that’s needed in transit below my seat. The flip flops, well they’re a staple in Southeast Asia. IContinue reading A Bali OOTD
Awww, Bali. It’s pure bliss. Especially the Amertha Bali Villas up in the north west of the island in an area called Pemuteran. It’s secluded and rather isolated with nothing up there but the beach, a lovely villa, and sea life. Now that we have become divers, we returned to this destination to expand theContinue reading Balinese Snake Revisited
Whenever I travel the only toiletries bring are my deodorant and wipees for the plane. Other than that come empty handed in the beauty products department; I do this because I have so much fun going to international drugstores. I find it so fascinating to see what makes the locals feel and look beautiful. InContinue reading International Drugstores
I should have known…. we’ve been to this very spot before and like the last time we were here, my pictures are not uploading. Since I can really sense I have a bunch of you tuning in for new posts on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I do not want to leave you hanging. Here’s theContinue reading October Break at Amertha Villas in Bali
It always makes me sad when it’s time for a new passport. I love my passport, my well-travelled passport. It has so many stamps and visas in it; my passport has even had pages added to it, TWICE! I’ve been all over Asia on this passport, and I hate to give it up. I becomeContinue reading Time for a New Passport
This post’s subject is going to be a little odd, but, I feel inspired to talk about some thoughts I have on a rather random topic: driving. These pictures were actually taken just after we’d received our car rental for the summer. We rented from Hertz, and thankfully they upgraded us to a Chevrolet Tahoe.Continue reading Cherries and Chevrolets