SUSHI GAME
寿司が大好きです! Sushi ga daisuki desu! I love sushi! This artful Japanese presentation of vinegared rice, seafood and other delicacies offers a variety of tastes; a sushi bar offers a congenial … Continue reading
CASTLES—ROB’S, LUDVIG’S, SCOTTY’S AND WILLIAM RANDOLPH’S
NOT COUNTING my visits to castles actually occupied by royals (I’ve been to Windsor), I’ve visited four castles, each memorable in a different way. One of its owners I’ve known … Continue reading
NEW ENGLAND 1915
UNLIKE SOME places, New England has few signs that read “Fine dining since 1993.” Things in the northeast corner of the U.S. have a permanence that encourages perusal of old … Continue reading
JUST AN OTAKU KINDA GUY
YOU MIGHT think Japanese trends would be ephemeral and, thus, my favorite guide on otaku, published ten years ago, would be hopelessly out of date. No, I’ve given this a … Continue reading
FREMONT RIDER AS GUIDE
HIS NAME conjures up an image of a horseman pointing the way across a western landscape. But in fact, Fremont Rider’s main claim to fame lies in a less adventurous … Continue reading
MY SAN FRANCISCO—AND WILLIAM GIBSON’S
WHEN SAN FRANCISCO comes to mind, I think of its cable cars, Morgan sports cars and Bill Fink’s Isis Imports Ltd., North Beach’s Caffe Sport—and, in utter contrast, the low-life/high-tech … Continue reading
I GO SOMEWHERE, I TAKE A CAB
BACK IN 1995 I researched a story contrasting taxi cabs of London, Stuttgart and Tokyo. I saw this as a companion to “Three Subterranean Transportation Systems,” R&T, April 1994, to … Continue reading
IN FRANCE, ITALY AND GERMANY
EUROPEAN TRAVEL at the beginning of the twentieth century wasn’t nearly as straightforward as it is today. There was no European Union and, of course, no euro. Borders mattered. Frenchmen … Continue reading
JAPANESE FOLK ART
I AM a souvenir hunter. And, if our home bookshelves are any indication, I’ve been successful in this hunting. Though I’ve not been to Japan recently, I certainly have lots of stuff … Continue reading
IRON BRIDGE—CRADLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE
SHROPSHIRE, IN the West Midlands of England, had rich deposits of coal, iron ore and limestone. The shire also has the Gorge, cut through it by the River Severn, at … Continue reading
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