They didn’t let us take photos. No video either. “Yesterday,” said our guide, “someone tried to sketch a drawing of what they saw.” So during my turn to see North Korea with my own eyes, they made another rule — no notebooks. “If you get caught with a camera,” said …
Already two separate Koreans have complimented me on my chopstick skills. If the rest of the trip winds up a bust I have this much to hold on to, which might not seem like a lot but wait until it happens to you. When a Asian in Asia compliments you …
Getting a haircut before a big event is always risky, but I decided this year to tempt fate. It was four days before my birthday and I needed a trim. This would seem like an inconsequential haircut to many but is known to long-haired girls everywhere as a white-knuckled adventure …
In some ways this year has been both the most rewarding of my life and the most challenging. I don’t mean challenging in a good way — like how you feel when you’ve made it through a tough workout — but in a dark way. There were many times when …
If you come to my blog and it’s completely empty, that’s because I’m doing some housekeeping! I should have things back to normal fairly soon so don’t despair. 🙂
I am in USA Today. Yes, yes, me! I wrote a thing and USA Today picked it up and you should read that thing. It is about the date that James Corden set me up on — a video which you can watch (if you haven’t already) on the USA …
