Tag: travel
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Across Two Seas to the Burren, Ireland (Originally published in Otherwise Ireland)

☘️ ☘️ ☘️ When I first set foot on Burren National Park, the lack of artificial structures stunned me. It looked liked a wild land, an open space that looks forgotten; but in fact it is very busy living and growing, doing what nature does. During the past decade living in the United States, I…
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Thinking of Irish Coffee in a San Francisco Bar
Irish coffee and Guinness look a little similar: white foam on top, dark brown liquid in the bottom. Ireland answers my—and I would think everyone else’s!—desire for creamy diary and fragrant “water of life” in one offering. Sitting in one of my favorite bar in San Francisco, sipping on the lukewarm, flatter version of Irish…
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San Francisco in 47 Phrases
A rough translation of how I am structuring the book Sanfranology: Ch 1. LIVING THE CITY MORE CH 2. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU CH 3. HAPPENINGS CH 4. SPOTS TO CHECKOUT CH 5. THIS IS MY SAN FRANCISCO Detailed Table of Contents came out in 47 topic articles! Better round that up…