Archive for 'Adventures'

Bienvenido! Mexico City

My apologies for the lack of blogging. I have spent the past week south of the border on a business trip to Mexico City. I must say that Embassy Suites Reforma is one of my absolute favorite hotels to stay at. Not only are the rooms GIGANTIC but they offer free drinks from 6-9pm featuring [...]

Take me out to the ball game!

Took a break from work-life to catch a San Francisco Giants game with Vickie and her parents. The journey to the game was a ride on BART and then about a 1.2 mile walk to the stadium which was nice since I don’t usually get a lot of exercise during the week. Thank goodness the [...]

Amgen Tour of California 2010 in Sacramento

After a basketball filled weekend, the only way to unwind is to try to catch Lance Armstrong in the Tour of California like we did last year.
Since it wasn’t the prologue, I guess not as many famous people came out this time.
We did however, spot, Kevin Johnson, mayor of Sacramento. I loved him when he [...]

An Avett Brothers kind of night

Saturday was the Avett Brothers concert at the Fox Theatre in Oakland. The venue, conveniently located close to the 19th Street BART station, was gorgeous inside. We later learned from one of the ushers that it was recently remodeled for $30 million, which in my opinion was well done.

Taiwan Adventures – Modern Toilet Restaurant !!

What’s a visit to Taipei without going to Modern Toilet ?? Located in Ximen (西門)it is the home to toilet seat chairs and food served in mini squat toilet dishes and toilet bowls.
My sister, Stephanie, Caleb and I took a trip down to see what it was all about. What is funny is that [...]

Taiwan Adventures – A Piece by Piece update #1

On one of the days, my parents and I took the MRT to go hiking at 承天禪寺 . On the journey up, I had no idea what to expect at the top of the mountain (kind of like going to see a movie without knowing what the movie is about) and I was blow away [...]

Traveling tips for Shanghai

1) Drivers don’t stop for you when you cross the street, especially if they’re making a right turn.
2) Bring tissues/napkins with you to restaurants — many places will charge you if you use the ones they provide. ( This is in an attempt to be greener as a country)
3) If you want to take leftover [...]

« Older Entries   Recent Entries »