Today I spent about 1 hour with a wonderful calligraphy teacher in Chinatown. His name is James Koh and he is a master painter and Chinese calligrapher. He began our lesson by explaining to me the importance of the bamboo brush with camel hair. The art of calligraphy is learned over decades and is dependent …
After an epic travel day of 31+ hours the lack of sleep finally caught up with me. I woke up today (Sunday morning) at 6:30AM after only 2.5 hours of sleep. I decided I was going to “will” myself back to sleep for two more hours and then get up and going for a free …
Upon leaving Raleigh on Friday morning I started my iphone’s stop-watch feature to see exactly how long it would take me to get from RDU International airport to the M Hotel I am staying at in Singapore. (BTW, this is a trick I learned from my awesome husband, Eric) When I opened the door to …
The eagle has landed. My 15 hour and 32 minute flight concluded without incident. I was able to pass the time mostly by listening to an audio booked entitled “Summer Rental” and with about four hours of sleep. My iPad never ceases to amaze me. I started listening to my audio book just shortly after …
Eric and I have spent the last 3 night in the quintessential American city of Charleston, South Carolina. I was fortunate enough to learn several weeks back about a Charleston Harbor cruise that included live Blues music and pit-cooked BBQ. I bought advance tickets online and tonight we spent our holiday aboard the Carolina Belle …