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2023
Around the world we went again in 2023 — chalk full of incredible spots, folks and even an accomplishment. Oklahoma Berlin Portugal Spain...


2025
A very big year of some very big adventures: Oklahoma Japan Sri Lanka Nepal Mexico Oklahoma Mexico Ireland France Morocco Germany Austria Oklahoma Texas Jan - Oklahoma The year begins, as we like it to do, at Mum and Dad's in Tulsa. Feb - Japan + Sri Lanka We head back to Tokyo for a quick four-day stop... ... then head down to Sri Lanka where my tuk-tuk driver's license is still valid... ... and pick up one of my favorite people, Olivia, for two weeks of wedding parties and


One More Go At The Grail
Indiana Jones, of course. Probably how everyone became obsessed with it. But mine lasted long after it was supposed to - always following...


2024
An absolutely bananas insane nutty year of a gazillion adventures: Oklahoma Nepal India Japan Ireland UK Spain France Germany Hungary...
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A Letter From Nina's [or] The Beginning of The End
If things had to come to an end, at least the view was to die for. To have a dear friend offer you a place for even an evening is...


Japanese Curry
When I asked Mui —a good friend and my favorite DP to work with—what she considered to be the best food in Japan, she—who’s visited Japan...


Tokyo City Guide
Like many, I was scared to death at the thought of navigating the most populated city on earth. In fact, I had half a mind to cycle into...


The Weirdness of Okinawa
I should have kept better notes in Okinawa. As I sit here, three months later, I’m cursing myself for not doing so. In all fairness, I...


The Hidden Churches of Goto
To look at the churches of the Goto Islands—nearly as far down as you can get—especially from a Western standpoint, they’re unremarkable....


No Tattoos in Japan!
I adore Japan. I hope that’s obvious by now. That being said, that Japan exists with one foot in the future, The other in the past, Is a...


A Conversation with JR Heffelfinger
JR Heffelfinger is one of those people who, upon entering the room, you know they’re doing something colorful with and for this life. A...


Hiroshima Ramen
In what can only be described as a culinary Marshawn Lynch move, I literally walked to the other side of Hiroshima to try their famed...


A Tour of Hiroshima
Hiroshima was an hour-and-a-half ferry ride away from me here in Matsuyama. It was an absolutely depressing day—even before we arrived....


Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center
To be absolutely honest with you, I both a) don't know a thing about this complex and b) couldn't find out anything online, save for it...


A Night of Japanese Baseball
A few weeks ago, after arriving here at Nina’s apartment in Southern Japan, I decided that I needed to go visit Hiroshima. I knew it...


Kenzō Tange's Peace Pavilion
I thought we'd talked about Kenzō Tange, no? We must have. Maybe it was just on Instagram. Kenzō Tange is one of my favorite Japanese...


A Conversation with Peter Besson
It’s tough work, deciding on how to start an interview with Peter Besson . The obvious angle would just be to drive straight in on his...


A Love Letter to Stepwells
Maybe it was The Dark Knight Rises. Or finding out the prison in that film where Batman was thrown into is a real place. Or maybe it was...


Recipe: Dahi Vada
Look, I’ve been a few places. And I’ve eaten a few things. To the point now where there’s not a lot that surprises me. I don’t say that...


Mr. Singh's Magic Chai
I already wrote about he and I's meeting eight years ago, along with our comical exchange, but on this trip alone, I must have gone to...
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