Eating, Cambodian style

Fantastic fresh foods everywhere we went, for so little money – this was what I found all over Cambodia. Bright red peppers spicing up veggies, cooked so lightly it was eating vegetables the way...

Waterlogged on Silk Island, Cambodia

I contacted a friend-of-a-friend who lives there as soon as I arrived, and she signed me up for a bike ride with a bunch of expats. We pedaled out of the downtown Phnom Penh...

Phnom Penh life. Lovely.

The sun beats down here – if you’re in the shade, it’s muggy but it’s fine. But the sun is so freakin’ hot. Motorbikes rule this city. Cars drive slowly because they’re automatically at...

Nothin’ like New York!

There’s my sister! The one looking at the camera, of course. Though I also really felt close to the Big Green Goddess by the time we left. Kyna had never been to New York,...

Father’s Day in Amecameca, Mexico

Oh, Mexico. You never know what you’ll find. We had rabbit tacos at a roadside restaurant, and outside this car was sprouting… something. I had had a PERFECTLY AWFUL experience at a conference in...

Princess Pristina

I spent all day in the hotel yesterday, Sunday, working like a madwoman.  Today is Memorial Day and I’ll also work all day. Poor me! It’s not the most exciting work, either – the...