On Tuesday, my aunt and her husband picked us up from the hotel and drove us to Yilan and Su-ao, on the eastern side of the country. On our way there, we drove through Taiwan’s longest tunnel – it takes a full 8 minutes to drive through it, which is quite scary! (I slept through […]
My mom was teaching all day on Saturday so we met up with my dad and ate lunch at a German restaurant close to our hotel (our hotel is also close to National Taiwan University, so there are a lot of restaurants in the area for students and professors). After lunch, we drove to my […]
As a kid, David and I would come back to Taiwan every summer to visit my dad. We’d do things anyone visiting Taiwan would want to do; visit the National Palace Museum to see the special jade, climb Yang Ming San, meet up with cousins, go shopping, and eat lots and lots of good food. […]
Two weeks ago, Soren and I met up for a late afternoon lunch at Keith McNally’s newest restaurant, Pulino’s. Pulino’s has been getting a lot of buzz; the chef, Nate Appleman, was plucked from the west coast specifically to open this pizza joint on the lower east side for Keith McNally. We were both excited […]
Have you ever had the British chips called Hula Hoops? They come in different flavors (my favorite is the salt and vinegar) and they’re little hoops you can eat off your fingers! I found out about them through my ex-boyfriend, Chris (he studied in London for two years) and I recently saw them in Morton […]
