Archive for February, 2010

Soba at Honke Owariya

Zarusoba at Honke Owariya

Watching Spartacus on the late night movie got me thinking about what it would actually take to do as the Romans, and how it would probably be rather uncouth here in Kyoto. Which begs the question: what do they, the Kyoto-ans, actually do, that makes this relatively small ex-capital of Japan so special? Kyoto, whose [...]


The Trip™

thetrip

You remember hearing the epic travel tales of The Odyssey, 1001 Nights, & On The Road, don’t you? Imagine undertaking all those voyages in 2010, without ever setting foot in an airplane and you have some idea of what Manny is undertaking.

But you live on an island…in Asia?!