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A little skewering
We've got an old biscuit celebrating his 55th birthday tonight - along with a belated 45th celebration for another member of the crew. As usual the task of selecting the venue fell on BM's shoulders,...
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Californian toast
A night out with some of the boys, and with a fellow aficionado of Californian wines. Our generous host decided to treat us to dinner at Fu Tung (富東粵菜), which is someplace I had never even heard of......
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City of Dreams tour: lunch Tasting
Earlier in the year I received an invitation for a junket to the City of Dreams in Macau, but I was completely buried in paperwork... working 7 days a week while trying to launch our new hedge fund, so...
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City of Dreams tour: a pretty Jade Dragon
After a nice lunch, followed by a stroll in the shopping mall of the City of Dreams in an attempt to burn off a mere 3 more calories, and trying not to slap/strangle/kick the shit out of my...
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City of Dreams tour: Shinji-teiru
A couple of hours after we failed to get some charcoal toast sandwiches for breakfast and had to settle for some pasteis de nata from Margaret's Café e Nata, it was time to check out of the Hard Rock...
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Private Buddha
I had been stuffing myself with good food in Macau over the last day and a half at the invitation of the City of Dreams Macau, but I had to end the trip a little early in order to be back in Hong Kong...
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Burg and Cali double toast
A friend was hosting a blind tasting dinner tonight with fellow wine lovers, and the theme involved everyone bringing pairs. Seeing that there would be way too much wine at the table, my friend very...
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Summer surprise
It's finally my turn to host my MNSC dinner. The schedule this year has been somewhat jumbled up, and thanks to scheduling conflicts that often happen over summer, it was finally happening more than 2...
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CANVAZ road trip day 1: 80s music season
After much trials and tribulations, an entire day of missed flights, airport diversions, and long immigration lines, I finally arrived in San Francisco about 8 hours later than originally scheduled. I...
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CANVAZ road trip day 2: 3 meals from 3 continents
I woke up this morning after some broken sleep, and my friend Ducky very kindly drove us around to get some breakfast. Neighbor Bakehouse apparently serves up some really good pastries, so I picked up...
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CANVAZ road trip day 3: visiting Colgin and Araujo
After padding our stomachs with simple breakfast at the hotel, we set off for our day in Napa an hour early. Smooth traffic into and out of San Francisco meant that we arrived in the valley an hour...
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CANVAZ road trip day 3: two disappointing stars in Napa
Napa Valley has its share of well-regarded restaurants - and more than a few with macarons from the Rubberman. Unfortunately, as we started planning this trip too late, I wasn't able to take the...
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CANVAZ road trip day 4: bride without a veil
With our Napa trip cut short, we made an early exit towards Yosemite today. We had no plans or itinerary other than Yosemite on our calendar, and were gonna take it easy. Minutes after getting on the...
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CANVAS road trip day 5: high 'n' dry
Got up this morning, took a peek outside the hotel room window, and saw that the sky was still a little hazy... although there was a lot more light at this hour compared to yesterday afternoon....
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CANVAZ road trip day 6: crossing the Mojave Desert
After staying in Bakersfield overnight, it was time to head into Vegas. We went back onto State Route 58 and headed east, and soon entered the vast expanse of the Mojave Desert. Naturally the...
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CANVAZ road trip day 7: Red Rock Canyon
Instead of sleeping in on our scheduled day of rest, I dragged my ass out of bed again early this morning. Ganba offered to drive me to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, and I jumped at the...
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CANVAZ road trip day 8: Grand Canyon sunset
We're on the road again today and heading east towards the Grand Canyon. But our first stop today was the Hoover Dam, since it is just east of Vegas and on the way. I chose to forgo walking on the...
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CANVAZ road trip day 9: Sedona red rocks
Decided to take it a little easy today and not torture the old fogeys by going back to the Grand Canyon again this morning. Instead we headed south to Sedona, where there are beautiful red rock...
View ArticleVisiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Since early 2007, I have been wanting to gear my future travels towards visiting more locations which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There are so many amazing places around the world...
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CANVAZ road trip day 10: simple eats in Vegas
Now that we're back in Vegas, the last two days of my trip are focused on family. After all, the whole raison d'être of this trip was a family wedding and gathering! My aunt and uncle wanted to catch...
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