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Trouble Sitting Still

Posted on September 15, 2013December 28, 2014 by katrina

Spanish royals funded Christopher Columbus’s travel. The Dutch East India Company paid for Henry Hudson to cross the Atlantic and tour North America. Centuries later, no matter who you are or where you’re going, getting from here to there still costs a lot of money, even when you navigate Internet deals or work corporate membership…

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Japan Part 3 – Tokyo, the Cleanest, Safest Place on the Planet

Posted on May 2, 2013May 2, 2013 by katrina

I like contrasts so it should come as no surprise that I booked a five-star, $600 per night hotel for our weekend in Tokyo and then spent the weekend searching for free things to do. This wasn’t hard given Tokyo’s plethora of immaculately kept public city parks and gardens. Tokyo IS the First World, folks….

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Japan Part 2 – Tiny, Cute Pieces of Healthy Food in Cute Boxes

Posted on April 20, 2013April 22, 2013 by katrina

I was eating a bowl of kale with chopsticks at a noodle bar in downtown Woodstock, New York, when I thought about how different the mainstream American diet could be. I railed against the typical American way of eating before I went to Japan and, then after nine days in Japan, I experienced just how…

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Japan Part 1 – Urban Explorers’ Schlep and First Impressions

Posted on April 15, 2013April 16, 2013 by katrina

Who schlepps in Japan? No one except a trio of New Yorkers hauling luggage, cameras, books and kids toys around Tokyo and Kyoto. Yes, we went everywhere with a giant stuffed “Perry the Platypus.” Locals seemed amused. The Japanese don’t schlepp; they stroll…purposefully, quietly, and the ladies often wear high heels whether they are at…

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