NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 25 Feb 2013 | Views [1884]
Hello New Zealand – and hello again WorldNomads.
I’m off on a mini-adventure to New Zealand for the month. Sadly, most of that time was spent working but it did give me weekends to play.
I probably won’t manage to get all of my ... Read more >
Tags: caves, glowworms, new zealand, waitomo
USA | Wednesday, 7 Sep 2011 | Views [1703]
The Mütter Museum is a part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, founded in 1787, which (according to their website) is the oldest professional medical organization in the country.
Donated by Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter in ... Read more >
Tags: curiosities, museum, mutter museum, oddities, pennsylvania, philadelphia, wunderkammer
USA | Sunday, 5 Jun 2011 | Views [883]
For some D.C. culture I would highly recommend the Folger
Shakespeare Library (which also doubles as a theater). Located centrally on
Capitol Hill near the Supreme Court and a short walk away from the Capitol Building this is a place worth popping
into ... Read more >
Tags: library, shakespeare, theater, tourist, washington d.c.
USA | Thursday, 10 Mar 2011 | Views [930]
What can I say? I love chocolate. And chocolate festivals are right up my alley. I must admit that I was pining for all those amazing Melbourne chocolate cafés that I reviewed here some months back so it was a happy surprise to find out about ... Read more >
Tags: chocolate, fairfax, festival, va, washington d.c.
USA | Sunday, 27 Feb 2011 | Views [1138]
Richmond, VA is not particularly close to Washington D.C. It was a bit of a drive to get there (2 hours!) and our first endeavor ended up poorly – we were left outside in the biting cold due to an unexpected closure from an electrical outage. Alas, ... Read more >
Tags: edgar allan poe, gothic, poe museum, richmond, va, washington d.c.
USA | Sunday, 27 Feb 2011 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Wednesday, 27 Oct 2010 | Views [8282] | Comments [6]
What: Mad Max -themed camp out weekend
Where: the wastelands compound in the Californian desert
When: October 22-24, 2010
What can I say about this event? It was the first of many; it was my first ‘themed’ campout experience.... Read more >
Tags: california, camping, desert, gothic, mad max, post-apocalyptic
USA | Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010 | Views [2453]
Idyllwild has continuously been my go-to place for a little R&R and escapement from the heat of the desert valley below. I have been coming here with family and friends for many, many years to “get away” which is exactly what I did earlier ... Read more >
Tags: california forest, idyllwild, pine trees, southern california
JAPAN | Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010 | Views [4383] | Comments [1]
X Japan FEVER: Live in YOKOHAMA ~ 2010.08.14
I consider myself blessed to have not only been able to visit the hide Museum (while it was open), go to both the X Japan Reunion concert in 2008 and the 10 th anniversary hide Memorial Summit ... Read more >
Tags: concert, japan, jrock, live, tokyo, visual kei, x japan, yokohama
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 1 Aug 2010 | Views [4602] | Comments [3]
I like chocolate. Melbourne has chocolate cafés. It seemed quite natural to put the two together during my one year stint living down under and see what I could come up with. I admit that I have a penchant for dark, thick, rich chocolate rather ... Read more >
Tags: australia, cafe, chocolate, food, melbourne
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 2 Jul 2010 | Views [3211]
I’m in Cairns at the moment soaking up the nice weather and being a tourist as this is one of THE places to go touristing in Australia. My dad flew over from LAX to Australia for a mini-two week vacation as congratulatory prize for me graduating ... Read more >
Tags: australia, barron river, cairns, rafting, tour, tourist
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 22 Jun 2010 | Views [1408]
Berlin Bar is a rather fun German-themed bar; the best part would be deciding if you wanted to be in opulent West Berlin or barbed-wire East Berlin. West Berlin has plush sofas, gilded mirrors, and a feeling of splendor. East Berlin, however, is full ... Read more >
Tags: bar, drinks, melbourne, night life
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 12 Jun 2010 | Views [950]
Lentils As Anything is an amazing not-for-profit restaurant with
a “pay as you feel” philosophy where YOU decide what you pay at the end of the
visit. There’s a box by the door where you deposit money – or not – as you see
fit. It’s largely staffed ... Read more >
Tags: australia, melbourne, non-profit, restaurant
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 29 May 2010 | Views [5327]
Where to go for fun colors – call up the girls at Wildilocks @ The Lock Works, right in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD (central business district) a short walk away fromFlinders St. station.
This is my vague goth tendencies coming ... Read more >
Tags: alternative, australia, gothic, hair, melbourne, salon
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 7 Jan 2010 | Views [1199] | Comments [1]
The Great Ocean Road
For anyone in Melbourne – or heading to Melbourne – the Great Ocean Road seems to be a rather well known tourist destination. I can’t with any honesty say I’ve ever heard of it before I moved ... Read more >
Tags: australia, beach, chocolate, melbourne, ocean, road trip
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 4 Jan 2010 | Views [973]
Welcome to the flip side, literally. A locational shift from
the Northern to the Southern hemisphere; Japan
to Australia.
And welcome to the new year and whatever that shall entail.
I have been in Australia for about half a year
now, ... Read more >
Tags: australia, japan, melbourne, new years, travel
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 4 Jan 2010 | Photo Gallery
My life in Oz
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JAPAN | Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009 | Views [1601]
I’m sitting here at my computer on the very last night that
I’ll live here in Japan.
It’s such a crazy bitter-sweet feeling. I’ve had so many amazing experiences
here as well as so many wretched stories as well. It has been one wild
rollercoaster ... Read more >
Tags: japan, life, osaka, sayonara
JAPAN | Thursday, 14 May 2009 | Views [5207] | Comments [1]
Well, that’s what it says on the front of the English brochure handed to me at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan. Engrish at it’s best.
During Golden Week (Japan’s spring break) one of my friends came over from Nagoya and we decided ... Read more >
Tags: aquarium, dolphins, fish, japan, jellyfish, kaiyukan, osaka, otters, penguin, shark
JAPAN | Thursday, 7 May 2009 | Views [1550]
Imagine a restaurant themed as a "church" as seen by Japanese eyes: with gaudy images of Christ on his cross neon-lit in blue, frescoed ceilings of cheeky cherubs, glittering glass chandeliers, a silver disco ball(?!!) tall multicolored candles, and ... Read more >
Tags: food, japan, osaka, restaurant, theme
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