I Miss Ginger Beer

Hello and thank you for joining me on another weekend share. I hope your week has been well and your weekend starting great. If we were having coffee, I'd be offering you ginger beer, but coffee is available and so is green tea. It's a humid Saturday afternoon and the low sun is streaming through…

Japan Up Close and Personal – Part Two: Mt. Fuji and The Legend of the Black Eggs

This is the second part of my travel series about Japan where I talk about mine and L's two week personal experience in the Land of the Rising Sun. In Part One, I shared about food: ramen, sushi and deserts, spending Christmas in Tokyo Disneyland and the essential Japan Rail Pass. If Japan is in…

In Which I Wish You A Comfortable Weekend

If we were having coffee, I’d greet you at the door with two steaming cups of green tea, one for you and one for me, with a slice of lemon on each.  I have some flaky, flat bread filled with candied purple yam and another variant with muscovado sugar.  These are called “piaya”, a native…

Exotic Fruits in Season

If we were having coffee, I’d welcome you in on a rainy Sunday afternoon with a bit of cool breeze coming through the window.  I’d just woke up from a nap and still feeling lazy as a lazy Sunday is suppose to be.  I’d invite you to share a drink with me -- coffee, tea…

Japan Up Close and Personal – Part One: Food, Christmas and How Not To Delay The Train.

Eight days before the year 2017 was about to close, I found myself on a flight to Narita to spend the holidays in Tokyo with my significant other, L, as he will be called from now on here on the blog.  Both our first time, L and I spent two amazing weeks in the Land…

Anyone Else Allergic to Caterpillars?

If we were having coffee, I’d like to say a warm “Hello!” to everyone.  I’m sipping hot green tea with a squeeze of lemon with my breakfast this late Sunday morning and I’d be happy to give you a cup.  Relaxing jazz music is playing in the background. The day started out quite sunny, but…

Glad To Finally Share Again

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that I missed writing that opening line and I’m glad to finally get the chance to share in this community again. It has been a roller coaster of two years for me and I can’t even begin to describe the past 6 months this year has brought…

Weekend Coffee Share

If we were having coffee, I’d first like to say a BIG HELLO to one and all and that I’ve missed having virtual coffee dates with all of you. Yes, I have been on a hiatus from my blog since full time work (and traveling for work came along), among many other things that happened…

Life In The Way

The past several months since my last post, I have been struggling with not only what to write but with the when and how.  I've started (and almost finished) a few drafts but none of which I got to really publish. I know I'm not alone when I say we all have that phase of…

It Takes Time

Scared to feel but feeling brave Leaving worries and moving forward Taking  one step at a time Following dreams Dreaming for what's real Hope for the possibilities of beautiful things. Feeling something hard to ignore Talks and stares and kisses of the souls Opening up with no regrets Spilling out the heart Out with the…