I used to buy a lot of books. Text books to cheezy Star Trek novels. I had no qualms about dropping piles of dough on a trip to Chapters, Munro’s or Bolen’s when I was living in Victoria. I had fun in used bookstores too. Then I used to just wander into bookstores to look…or […]
When I lived in Nanjing, I wrote a short piece on the various coffee joints found scattered around that great city (that must now be horribly out of date) and I did the same for when I lived in Kingston, including my not-so-flattering thoughts on the Starbucks off the 401. Lacking any decent cafe’s I […]
Wi-fi and magazines not enough for you? Tokyo – Just around the corner from the pulsing blare and brightness of the Akihabara electronics and anime district, cafe Neko JaLaLa is an oasis of calm. Past the brass, paw-handled door to the inner sanctum, denizens loll on the thick carpet, drape over couches, and almost purr […]
Some of the Chinglish around my buiding… In the elevator: Do not sport about and kick the door In the Cafeteria: Refuse Narcotics!