Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
My grandparents used to send me 15 $1 bills every year for my birthday. My mom likes to tell the story of my three-year-old self forgetting about it in the birthday excitement but asking for the money a few days later. She wondered what a three-year-old was going to do with a wad of cash…
The crowning jewel of Singapore would have to be the National Orchid Garden in the Botanic Gardens. There might not be a more beautiful place in the world. While our hapless trek through the jungle brought us through a range of smells (zoo, sandalwood, jasmine, incense, lemongrass), the orchid garden smelled only of flowers and…
It’s funny how our worst day became my favorite memory. First of all, our concierge should be flogged. I asked where to catch the 170 bus. She asked where exactly I wanted to go and I told her Singapore’s rain forest. She sent us to a bus that drops off on the far side of…
Little India marked one of our best days in Singapore. Chris and I love looking through markets, sifting through the various wares and toting home the best of the best. I am a very lucky girl!! Last year we bought our favorite side table in Singapore so we had high hopes for this year. Such…
After an excellent brunch in the Swisshotel’s Swiss Cafe Chris said he was still tired and couldn’t stand any tourism until he’d had a nap. Well I can’t nap so soon after waking up and breakfasting, I huffed. Then we both zonked out and slept soundly until I looked at the clock. WOW! How could…
“Madame, it is my pleasure to inform you we have a table just for you,” smiled the Tiffin Room’s sweet hostess, her eyes twinkling. Ten minutes before the famous be-turbaned, white-clad Sikh opened the Raffles Hotel’s front doors and ushered us into the lobby only to find, to our dismay, that afternoon tea was fully…
I am safely back home in Japan with the kitties and a lot of Singapore souvenirs…like another brass-inlaid rosewood table and a teacup from the Raffles Hotel. More to come!
