Raohe Night Market (January 2024) I had not been back to Taiwan since 2016-- honestly, I was long overdue for a return trip. While planning my vacation to Malaysia and Singapore last January, I decided to have an extended layover in Taipei (48 hours) to revisit family and, overall, revisit the country before continuing onto … Continue reading Destination: Taipei, Taiwan (Rainy Day, Shopping Around, and Raohe Night Market– DAY 1)
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Happy New Year / Bonne année / 新年快樂! Welcome to 2025. It's hard to believe that we've already gone through another year, and that we're already halfway through the 2020s. I've mentioned this before in other posts, but time really does seem to go by faster as you get older, but I'm here for the … Continue reading 2024: My Year in Review
Views from the Cougar Crest trail (November 2023) On our second day, my family and I woke up around 8h00 to grab breakfast at the hotel and head over to start our day with a nice, long hike. As we aren't huge winter sports people (let alone the weather wasn't cold enough for such sports … Continue reading Destination: Big Bear Lake, California (PART 2)
Along Sawtelle Boulevard (June 2024) There is no doubt that Los Angeles has a huge Japanese-American community, scattered throughout the city and county from Little Tokyo in downtown LA to the South Bay. However, there is also a smaller, but tight-knit community on the west side in Sawtelle Japantown ("Sawtelle," for short). Nicknamed "Little Osaka," … Continue reading Lost in LA: Sawtelle Japantown
Golden Gate Bridge (March 2024) San Francisco is both a city and county, located on a peninsula in northern California. While the city is small and compact, it's also part of a larger conglomeration that's known as the Bay Area, and it's especially known for being close to the tech industry, aka Silicon Valley. Made … Continue reading 72 Hours in San Francisco: Things to See and Do
Rebecca Goes Rendezvous 