Get Caught Up First Part 01: Burning Flipside Part 02: Wakarusa Part 03: Bonnaroo After the madness of Bonnaroo and all the honky-tonkin’ in downtown Nashville, we were planning to continue east and camp out for a week or two in the Great Smoky Mountains. That way we could give … Read More
Get Caught Up First Part 01: Burning Flipside & How It Started Part 02: Wakarusa & Graceland Arriving in Nashville, Tennessee, we actually had a family waiting to take us in. Max’s godparents live on a large piece of property off 12th avenue, just south of downtown. They have not one but … Read More
Heard of the Ice Hotel in Sweden? Take the same concept but apply it to a bar instead of a hotel, and the result is Ice Bar Tokyo (and the other 20-something ice bars scattered around the world). Located in Roppongi, Tokyo’s tourist district in the Minato ward, the building kept at -5°C (23°F) because … Read More
The first thing to realize about life in Subic Bay is that the US military has had a navy base there since 1898, when we took control of the Philippines after defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War. Actually, it was the biggest overseas naval base of the United States. Granted, it was finally closed in … Read More
Alcohol consumption is a popular social activity in a variety of countries all over this world, however few cities take it to the level that the residents of Tokyo do. From hard liquor sold around-the-clock in corner stores to clubs whose closing time is not until “the last person leaves,” this mega-metropolis has a decidedly … Read More
Wow. That’s all I can say. You cannot even begin to imagine what the clubs are like in Tokyo. They are absolutely incredible, like nothing we have over here in the west! It figures that as much as the residents of Tokyo love to drink, they should have some damn cool places to do it. … Read More
Man I do not even know where to begin Tokyo when we first met I was nervous and you were so busy, But every day you seemed to impress me more and more. All the thoughts of the past cities in my life started drifting away and alas I think I’m falling in love. Why … Read More
The subject about says it all but at the same time it says nothing about what has really transpired during our final days in Japan. I mean where do I begin?!? So much done, so much to tell… Do you realize that during all this last week here in Tokyo I only slept for about … Read More
Well, Jared and I got lost for the first time since we’ve been here in Tokyo last night. We both dozed off around 09pm — its gets dark at 5pm here, so that is kind of crazy — after getting ready to hit some clubs. By the time we woke up it was 12:45am, so … Read More
