Just read a NY Times article in the Fashion & Style section about Dutch upright bikes being the new IT item. Huh? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/fashion/16CODES.html?_r=2&hpw This is a stretch by any means of the downtown imagination. Having tried to use a Dutch bike, upright, clumsy, clunky, without gears (who needs them in flatland?) and cumbersome - they […]
Archive for April, 2009
Sedona, Arizona
Posted in April 27th, 2009
Enchantment Resort & Mii amo Spa – Sedona, Arizona USA
Connect with Spirit
Enchantment Resort
Connecting with your spirit may not sound like the definition of luxury travel, and perhaps it isn’t for some. For others though, the Enchantment Resort and Mii amo Spa may be the only place where heaven and earth meet, providing guests with an […]
A Tale of 2 Cities: NYC & Amsterdam
Posted in April 20th, 2009
Now it’s almost a year that we’ve moved to New York from Europe. We’re now pretty much settled into our way of life and that allows us space to glimpse the changes we’ve encountered through a telescopic lens. In comparing, Chinese menu style - Column A & B - the two cities of NY and […]
Suteishi - Dining Fine
Posted in April 17th, 2009
Published on Asian Restaurant News
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The Incredible Shoddy Infrastructure
Posted in April 16th, 2009
It’s 3 in the afternoon on a muggy sunny New York summer day. Today I need to go to the post office, physically to certify a letter being sent to the container operators who are responsible together with US customs for causing at least $3,000.00 worth of damages to our household goods.Lessons in “less is […]
Museum of the City of New York
Posted in April 16th, 2009
Don’t miss an informative exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/current/Henry-Hudson.html about Henry Hudson and his travels and business deals on the island of Manhattan. It’s running until September 27th. For the first time ever artifacts such as scrolls, maps and household items are on exhibit in America, courtesy of various […]
Panda Oriental
Posted in April 16th, 2009
Published on Asian Restaurant News and http://www.chinesemenu.com/chef.aspx?id=510054115
Way up north in Alaska where the mighty brown bear roams, a bear of another sort is hard at work cooking fine Chinese cuisine. Mr. Jinsong Zhao, the successful owner of the Panda Oriental restaurant in Anchorage (Alaska’s largest city), is a consistent winner as the “Top Chinese eatery […]
Integration, Tolerance and Acceptance
Posted in April 16th, 2009
Having lived in Amsterdam, the little global village that likes to tout itself as the New York of Holland - where people of all nationalities and religions live in harmony - and now living back here in the city, I see a very large difference.
We all have a ways to go towards integration and acceptance. […]
Nederlands Dans Theater
Posted in April 12th, 2009
Today I was at the Joyce Theater with my mom to see one of the great modern dance troupes - The Nederlands Dans Theater. As part of the 400 year anniversary of friendship between New York City and Holland, they performed for a SRO crowd. http://www.ndt.nl/?_m=2-0〈=en
My mother is not a huge fan of abstracted modern […]
400 Years of Contact
Posted in April 7th, 2009
This is a year to celebrate the deal breaking smarts of the Dutch East India Company who sent an Englishman, Henry Hudson, on their behalf to buy Manhattan Island from the Native Americans. The beginnings of “free trade” were seen on these very shores of this plush island exactly 400 years ago. To celebrate the […]