Japan

17

May

Pecha Kucha Chicago…Gsundtheit!

by Lisa

Remember the days when uncle Bob (okay, I don’t actually have an uncle Bob!) would force us through his slide show of the family road trip to the Grand Canyon? Or then a decade ago we had to sit through that work Power Point presentation on Diversity Training? Recently I discovered Pecha Kucha. I loved it. This isn’t any [...]

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24

Apr

Location, Location, Vacation

by Lisa

Has a movie ever inspired you to travel? This is not that uncommon, in fact, my friend Mark and I visited Tokyo after seeing Lost in Translation. He called me up and said, “Want to go to Japan?” “Sure,” I said. And we were off…well, not that same day, but you get the point. Basically if I have the opportunity [...]

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1

Apr

Sweet Snaps – Photo of the Day: Tokyo

by Lisa

Go Giants! Tokyo Dome, Japan The 2010 Major League Baseball Season, the 110th consecutive season that will be played by the American and National Leagues simultaneously, starts this week when the Boston Red Sox will host their long-time rivals, the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Baseball is the leading team sport in Japan. Here, the [...]

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28

Dec

Pre-Blog Travels

by Lisa

What did we ever do before the internet? Well, the same thing we did without VCRs (and now DVRs), mobile phones, and microwaves. We went to the library and looked things up in the encyclopedia and we watched less TV and we called people when we got home. We lived like normal and we were just fine. And before I [...]

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