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Continue reading →: The Coffee Shop Series: Sweet Bloom CoffeeMy first trip to Colorado was a birthday gift to myself, booked spontaneously in the middle of the night with only a passing thought about accommodations and where I would sleep for the few days I was there. I had one main goal While visiting, which will be saved for…
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Continue reading →: Spirited Away To Akame: Part 2Dawn broke over the mountains in Akame and warmed the tatami mats we slept on. Birds sang morning alarms and without a moment’s hesitation we were showered and running off to breakfast, the memories of the bowls sea treasures and delicate soups that teased all parts of our palettes from…
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Continue reading →: Spirited Away To Akame: Part 1
Over a thousand years ago, there was once a holy man by the name of En No Gyōja making his way across the world and travelled through a region of Japan that is the modern day Mie Prefecture. While in the region we now call Mie, he found himself in…
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Continue reading →: A Sweet Escape: Visting Vermont’s Sugar HousesMany of us dread that time of year when the sun slips below the horizon earlier and earlier in New England and the temperatures plunge, leaving the air extra frosty, but in the forests of Vermont, the people who harvest one of Vermont’s biggest exports look forward to freezing cold…
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Continue reading →: The Coffee Shop Series: JAHO JapanI first met Nami of Jaho Japan many years ago when I entered the world of specialty coffee working at Jaho as a barista myself. She was at my US location to bring her chef to learn recipes first hand from one of the owner’s mothers to bring back to…
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Continue reading →: Head in the Clouds, Body in Sky Lagoon: How to Relax in ReyjavikI had a rough start to my trip to Iceland. My plan ride had been horrendous, getting my phone to work was a nightmare, I had a brief period where I lost my ADHD medication (Later, luckily found at the bottom of a bag) and the weather was miserable. It…
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Continue reading →: A Writing Break: Round1My favorite way to enjoy one of Japan’s most iconic arcade chains: Completely alone.
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Continue reading →: Gotta Catch ‘Em All!: Two More Before Take Off!
I realized that there were days I had been in Tokyo that I had not visited some kind of Pokémon store and hadn’t yet fulfilled my sidequest of going to one store per day in Tokyo so I decided to squeeze in two more on my last day in Japan…
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Continue reading →: Gotta Catch ‘Em All!: Two more stops on the tour!The next two Pokémon stores on my list were big ones. Known virally online for its “Aura Farming Mewtwo,” I decided on the Shibuya location for my next stop on my Pokémon journey. Visiting Shibuya, even with the intention of having just one store in mind, is a quest that…
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I’m Bg
A Boston native with a passion for exploration, I dream of new sights, dazzling colors and passport pages. Welcome to my blog where I catalogue and archive some of my adventures to share!
Planetary Anecdotes 