When Noah graduated from high school in 2019, he asked if we could go to Cedar Point that summer, but North was in a play and had a couple day camps and we had another trip planned and we couldn’t fit it in, and you can probably guess why we didn’t go to any amusement parks ...
Even today, when you watch a Disney film, the impact of Cinderella can be felt from the very first frame: That iconic castle, the studio’s logo, comes right from this picture. It was the make-or-break gamble that, had it failed, would have meant the end for Walt & Co. Instead, ...
She requested the vegetarian crab cakes he’d made once before. (The main ingredients are chickpeas, artichokes, and hearts of palm blended and fried). North volunteered to help even though they wouldn’t be home to eat them, which was just as well because they don’t like them. As it...
If you have more than a little time between stops, and can walk both sides of the tracks you will find the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Josephine Baker, Charles de Gaulle, Carl Lewis, and Nelson Mandela, as well as the Concorde, The Airbus A380, Chanel 5, Game Boy and Darth Vader. The...
“You’re not half so clever as you think you are” followed by “still, that makes me cleverer than you.” Bron comes to defend Ty, bookending his earlier appearance. Last season they would have cut both bits out of expediency, but this time around they have room for more nuance and...
Dig into an assortment of fresh seafood on ice like Flower Crab and Scallop, or enjoy roast meats such as Roast Striploin and Roast Leg of Lamb. There are even live laksa and pasta stations, where dishes are cooked to order. To make things more exciting, you can also get Swensen’s sig...
The small seaside village is full of narrow winding alleyways that it would be quite easy to get lost in except for the fact that it is also very steep so if in doubt you can just head downhill and you will pop out at the beach eventually. The presence of sunshine aside, we decided...
And the crab main event.Steamed Shanghai Hairy Crab. The guts proudly in the shell, the meat to the right, and the legs carefully prepared so that you can get every morsel out without any work. Love it when it’s easy! A close up of the crab itself. ...
Looking back, I wish I’d spoken to a taxi driver or two before going to eat chili crab. I learned from one great driver that the Maxwell food hall is renowned for its chili crab offerings, and the vendors there are regulated by the government. They can only charge certain amounts for...
The theme of this year’s Carnival is “The King of the Mediterranean.” But if you turn away from the parade and the floats, and look out into the Mediterranean, and face east — you can pretend you see Libya all the way on the other side, across from Italy, where that other king...