Category: Travel
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Travel: Goats and Raw Fish
Thursday, April 18, 2002. 12:38PM. Akihabara district, Tokyo, Japan. They had asked me what I wanted for lunch. My answer was simple. “No western food.”
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Travel: East Meets West
Wednesday, April 17, 2002. 10:05PM. Planet Hollywood at Ikspiari, Tokyo Disney Resort. This isn’t where I was expecting to eat dinner. I’ve spent too many trips to the orient in western style restaurants. I promised myself that I would spend more time eating in local establishments on this trip. However, there is no such thing…
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Travel: Video Fu
Since Suzan was so wonderful in letting me buy a video camera, I decided to put it to use while in Tokyo. Did I put it to good use? Time for you to decide! Now the readers of siliconchef.com can become viewers … Brian in Tokyo: Chapter One (DiVX format, about 17MB). Just think of…
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Travel: Stealing Electrons From The Food Court
Sunday, April 14, 2002. 10:11AM. Concourse C, Chicago O’Hare International Airport Smooth jazz, shrimp salad, bottled soda, tile floor. It’s not bad for an airport food court.
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Japan: In transit
Saturday, March 9, 2002. 8:07PM EST. Singapore Flight 11, Seat 39A. Somewhere over the Gulf of Alaska. Why don’t I just make my website into a travel site? My latest posts seem to be made from hotels, airports, or two seats in front of the crying baby on a westbound MD-80. As you may have…
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Post-Convention Tourism Syndrome
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002. 6:20PM. Powell-Mason Cable Car Line. San Francisco, California. Today is Brian’s day to be a tourist. I was supposed to drop Bill at the airport on the way to visit customers in San Jose. The customer had to cancel (last minute project panic), so Bill decided to take the airport shuttle.…