…and it isn’t even raining anymore
It’s taken me three days to upload this stupid video to YouTube. By the time I got it there, the rain has stopped (for now.) Maybe it was the rain? Technorati Tags: Blog, Taiwan, Travel, Video
Travel
Travel-related posts before they get moved to travel.lonelocust.com
Karen Teppanyaki – Mini-review
In the basement of the Taipei 101, like most other shopping complexes in Taiwan is a food court. While they all tend to have similar restaurants, just as food courts in malls back in the States are much he same, there is some slight variation from mall to mall depending on the clientele. The Taipei … Read more
Finally out of the house!
Saturday was the last day for Computex, and the only day they allow general admission. As I didn’t arrange my registration from overseas before we came and I wasn’t sure if the title of CIO would get me into the door (they’re mostly looking for bulk buyers) we waited for general admission day. It was … Read more
I’m so jaded.
Once upon a time I’d have killed for the opportunity to go to Comdex in Las Vegas to see the new technology and ogle the showgirls. Through no planning of our own, Computex, the world’s second largest technology show was in Taipei this week, so I made the effort to visit. Booth after booth after … Read more
Heard on a bus…
The rain has let up some today and, even when raining, is fairly light. We took the kids to the Miramar shopping center, which is quite a long bus ride. On the way back, some teenagers got on the bus. They were all friends and having a good time. Michelle and I were in the … Read more
Living like penguins and consequently dying like penguins (Part I)
I really like Taiwan, and I really like my in-laws, but… there are days when the insanity it too much. Taiwan exists in such a weird state, as a de facto country, that I think they are desperately trying to assert themselves as a progressive country just to show they can be like the “gown-up†… Read more
Rooftop Garden
The new Sogo department store at Zhongxiao Fuxing has put a twist on the idea of a rooftop garden. Their rooftop garden is inside on the 9th floor. The restaurants on the 10th and 11th floors have view overlooking this gorgeous (and enormous) Japanese garden. I’m not much for gardening, but this is what I … Read more
MOS Burger – Southern Asian Chicken Sandwich and other stuff
I can remember when there were only a few MOS Burgers in Taipei and now they’re almost ubiquitous. They’ve even begun to muscle out McDonald’s and there’s nothing bad to be said about that. We stopped at the MOS in the basement of the new Zhongxiao Fuxing Sogo department store and, rather than have my … Read more
Showers in the rain
On Day Two, the rain was cramping our style a bit, but being still jetlagged (awoke at 2:00AM and finally went for a walk in the pouring rain just so the kids wouldn’t wake everyone up) we didn’t have a lot to do, anyway. We took a trip to Costco for supplies and while we … Read more
How to prevent shopping cart theft.
Back home, shopping cart theft of a big problem. Homeless people steal them to live out of, kids take them just to dump them in canals, crippled people use them to haul their groceries all the way home – the excuses are endless. Those carts aren’t cheap either, they cost hundreds of dollars each. It’s … Read more