travel
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Cherry Blossoms, Good Food & an Afternoon in Tokyo With Shizuka
Sometimes you plan a trip. And sometimes the trip quietly rearranges itself for you. We were supposed to go to Kyoto. But then Shizuka Anderson finally released the dates for her Hanami food tour along the Meguro River—and both Bronson and I just looked at each other like… yeah, we’re not missing that. So Kyoto… Continue reading
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Somewhere between Tokyo and Home
It’s raining tonight. It was raining when we left Yokohama too. And somehow, it feels like the weather followed me home. Now that I think about it, it almost always rains when we go there. Japan probably knows I love it. I’m back now—back to familiar spaces, familiar routines, everything right where I left it.… Continue reading
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Taking the Scenic Route
I didn’t disappear. I just took the scenic route. Sometimes that looks like a quiet waterfall in the middle of a journey. A pause you didn’t plan for, but needed all the same time. These past few years for me, life happened. Quietly. Loudly. Beautifully. And somewhere between becoming and unbecoming, I needed to live… Continue reading
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Homecoming
30 years later Annie is back Hello again WordPress. I tend to come back here at the end or the beginning of a year. This happens after realizing that I haven’t written in a long, long time. And I mean it by loooong time. Time is going by too quick, it’s scary. Last week, I… Continue reading
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The Magical World of Ghibli
Our next Japan trip is only three months away. As we plan to revisit the magical world of Ghibli, it inspired me to create a quick post to share with you some of my most favorite quotes from Hayao Miyazaki’s creative masterpieces. Not but not least, wise words from the legendary man himself… Sharing… Continue reading
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Brunch Perfection: Brother’s Cafe – Namba, Osaka
I love breakfast. I absolutely do and in addition to coffee, I have to have it every morning or I have no energy for the rest of the day. Sometimes I might also get a little grouchy. But I don’t like to have it too early in the morning. The best breakfast is eaten after 10am… Continue reading
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Memoirs of a “Geisha” – A Maiko Makeover Experience in Kyoto
Just over a week ago we returned home to Hawaii after a 10-day vacation in Japan. From Osaka to Kyoto to Tokyo then back to Osaka again. Even with the threatening typhoon Lan and stormy days during the trip, it was still oh-so-amazing! To me, the most memorable experience was the opportunity to be a… Continue reading
About Me
A thirty-something-year-old girl living in a beautiful rock in the middle of the Pacific. Welcome to my little island of happiness. Sweet confessions spoken through blahblahs in this crazy, but beautiful world of mines.
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