This is the last day in Melbourne, and tomorrow we jet off to Cairns, in the far northern coast. Melbourne has been interesting, I actually chose this city for my mom's sake, because she seemed particularly interested in it, but I really enjoyed being here nonetheless. It reminds me a bit of Manhattan or San Francisco, but friendlier overall than ( Read more... )

The problem with wanting to be an explorer in the 21st century is that everything has pretty much been discovered, and by more skilled people. So I have to consider myself an explorer on a smaller level. I'm not quite sure what that level is (Explorer amongst my friends? Explorer for myself?), but it definitely involves trying new things whenever I ( Read more... )

I went to a fantastic restaurant tonight (Nick's on Main in Los Gatos), and I wasn't really expecting it. The menu looked decent, filled with just enough french words to transform a standard restaurant into a hoighty-toighty one (and just enough to bump the prices up a few bucks). Man was I wrong. Everything about this place, from the bread on the ( Read more... )