A Night in Brooklyn
Categories: Brooklyn, Getaway, New York, North America, Travel, Travel Writing, United States, USA • Tags: Brooklyn, Delta, New York, New York City, North America, Travel, United States, USA
Exploring Washington, D.C.
Why did I end up in Washington D.C.? Truthfully, why not? It was my birthday that week, I found a $130 round-trip plane ticket, had a few old friends living there who I didn’t mind visiting, and wanted to see what the difference was seeing DC on a field trip as an 8th grader as opposed to a soon to be twenty-eight year old man. What was I trying to find? Hidden gems. Every tour guide can tell you about […]
Categories: Attractions, Getaway, Itineraries, Itinerary, Journey, Museum, Museums, North America, Travel, Travel Tips, United States, USA, Washington D.C. • Tags: Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Smithsonian, Tidal Basin, U.S. Capitol, United States, Washington D.C., Washington Monument
My Heartbeat
My Heartbeat She could be the life of the party Just as easily as she could sleep half the day away, “Because I needed my beauty rest.” She would go to her book clubs, But really it was wine night with her girlfriends. She would order the plainest of Greek salads, Just to shrug her shoulders as she paired it with the biggest Patron margarita. She couldn’t dance to save her life, But her drinking buddy Jameson assured her she […]
Categories: Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose, Writer, Writing • Tags: Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose, Writer, Writing
My Sơn Trà Mountain Photo Diary
Categories: Asia, Da Nang, Mountains, My Photo Diary, Photo Diary, Southeast Asia, Travel, Vietnam • Tags: Asia, Buddhas, Da Nang, Lady Buddha, Motorbikes, Mountains, My Photo Diary, Photo Diary, Riding, Son Tra Mountain, Southeast Asia, Travel, Travel Photography, Travel Tips, Vietnam
My Sapa Photo Diary
Categories: Asia, My Photo Diary, Photo Diary, Sapa, Southeast Asia, Travel, Vietnam • Tags: Cat Cat Village, Photo Diary, Sapa, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
Haggling in Hoi An
Most people visit Hoi An on a romantic getaway, to party, since beers are cheaper than water, or to get a glimpse of the beautiful, traditional lanterns lit up and widespread throughout the small town at night by the rivers and beaches. Me? I came to practice my Vietnamese and even more so my haggling.On my recent trip to Hoi An I felt I won all my haggling except for with the old women there. Walking down the river by […]
Categories: Asia, Hoi An, Southeast Asia, Travel, Vietnam • Tags: Asia, Hoi An, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
My Siem Reap Bucket List
1. Crocodile Farm: Went on a road trip with some friends from Siem Reap to Battambang, Cambodia. One of our stops was a crocodile farm where crocs are bred and raised for their meat and skin. Straightaway the owner showed us his baby crocs and offered to let us pick anyone of them up to hold. I didn’t hesitate but misunderstood him when he said, “they don’t bite if you hold them,” he meant to say, “they won’t bite if […]
Categories: Asia, Backpacking, Battambang, Bucket List, Cambodia, Siem Reap, Southeast Asia, Travel, Travel Tips, Travel Writing • Tags: Angkor Wat, Asia, Backpacking, Battambang, Cambodia, Siem Reap, Southeast Asia, Temples, Travel
A Portfolio of Poetry (2018)
Battling the Demons It seems there are times more often than I’d like to admit, That I spend watching the ice melt, Into the caramel color, And the pile of ash and embers grow into a mound. I think of my failed dreams in the cage, How a head kick and a right hand, Shattered my pedestal, That was already fragile. I miss the restless nights in the gym Suffering in beautiful agony, As we sharpened our swords, […]
Categories: Creative Writing, Literature, Poetry, Prose, Travel Writing, Writer, Writing • Tags: Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose, Travel Writing, Writer, Writing
My Taiwan Photo Diary
Tainan: The Descending Flight, Local Currency in Coins, Local Taiwanese Beer, Junk Motorbikes, Chinese Street Lanterns, Monkey Shisha Bar and Feeding Stray Kittens.Taichung: The City & Hiking.Puli: The Motorbike Drive from Taichung, Paragliding, and the Township.Kaohsiung: A Piece of the City, One of the Numerous Claw Arcade Machines and Monuments En Route from Tainan. Taipei: The City Meets the Mountains and Taipei Away from the Lights and Flash.
Categories: Asia, Kaohsiung, My Photo Diary, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel • Tags: Backpacking, Kaohsiung, Photo Diary, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel Photography
