The term “Tex-Mex” would be more accurate here, but I’ll take what I can get. While I won’t be sitting down to chiles rellenos or tamales anytime soon, Taco Loco filled the Tex-Mex shaped hole in my belly last night. I found El Taco Loco at #4 on this list, located close by, at the … Continue reading
The ankle I sprained 4 months ago swells up all like an old lady’s every time I walk on it for over an hour. (Good luck being in Hong Kong and not walking everywhere!) A know-nothing friend proclaimed “it’s just water!” STFU, friend. That makes no sense. Even if it is “just water”, a pint … Continue reading
On my way back from F.A.B. brunch with Jessica this morning, I made some new furry friends.
I’m really ready to get there, reconnect with my friends,
Got up early to head out to Cyberport to visit this ad agency on my short (very short, actually) list:
Every shampoo I haven’t seen in Hong Kong, I saw tonight at Senda Salon in Causeway Bay. This place was stocked full of Nioxin, Kerastase, Paul Mitchell, Redkin, Joico,
It’s a good day here at Ohiasia. We woke up to find that some of the feet from Saturday’s boat trip made it to the illustrious Toe Blog!
In her interview, Chip mentioned “laksa” as something she misses most about Singapore. If you’re like me, you thought, “(Latka?) No wait…what’s ‘laksa’?”
The elevator at my hotel is s-l-o-w and I’m on the 20th floor so…
Lan Kwai Fong is that part of HK where loads of expats dress up, meet up and drink it up at all hours, every day of the week.
Not a bad day to sleep until 11, stay indoors, not go to work. (What work?)
Remember Matt? He organized this expat junk trip I went on yesterday:
Friday was my last day that couldn’t come soon enough. To commemorate, Chip and I made this video of this weird conversation we have sometimes.
I swear, it’s every time I wear this shirt.
This index nets-out the people who want to emigrate to, as well as away from, a given country and divides that tally into the country’s total population, for a quick look at where people want (and don’t want) to be.
Jessica introduced me to this store and I love it! Lianca is a local Hong Kong business ( www.liancacentral.com ) that makes great-quality leather items at really good prices.
I was thinking about what Chip said about free speech in Hong Kong versus “other places” and found this chart on censorship by country.
The should-be-15-minute walk back to the hotel from Life Cafe took about a year, because someone kept stopping to take pictures. And without telling me!
O hi, Asia! 