when it was possible to buy high-quality menswear for less than the price of college tuition. Mano Dridi, the affable director behind the store, once told me that he was inspired by the legendary NYC shop Hickoree’s. Back then, heritage-styled shops scoured...
It’s been an interesting couple of years with thoughts and emotions taking me in all sorts of places that I haven’t been before, especially in the negative territory but that has given me a new perspective on life and how to learn to roll a little more unconditionally in the world and...
I thought it would be fun to have a more “authentic” experience of staying in one of these historic homes, but it turned out it meant really cramped quarters where mom, Sylvia and I essentially played Twister to maneuver around each other in the bedroom and that we had to escort mom i...
Chopping expectations.We placed an online grocery order the other day, but it couldn’t be delivered. Many essential items, as I’m sure you have discovered, were not available. So we decided to make what we had left in the kitchen. After noticing all the leftovers had been devoured, we...
I thought I would take pictures of Benjamin and Henry and have them online for friends and family to see. But shortly after starting, we began to get comments from other pug lovers - people we didn't even know. It was crazy to me. Making great friends through OBP was one of the ...
Buy your tickets to National Gallery online here, and skip the ticket line. Fort Canning Park Fort Canning Parkis beautifully situated on a hill and has a fascinating history. Here was once the center of Ancient Singpura (in the 14th century) and housed the palace of the King. Centuries ...
The hotel is lacking in some of the amenities that I would expect of such a property (slippers, for one, as I don’t walk on hotel carpets, but I also travel with flippies just in case) but the free mini-bar is a lovely little touch. In retrospect, what I thought was a rather ...
This one almost sent me into premature labor. One, it was said to me by an obviously childless 20-something who I could tell felt she was doing a true public service because she stopped to take her iPhone ear bud out (just one! don’t want to totally lose the T-Pain!) to share ...