culturemash

Frankie can come up with a few good ones now and again. Lately, this is my favorite:
Sometimes, the future is a small price to pay for some goodness today.
Thanks Frankie, wise words. I might listen to them.

Not LOVE the Eiffel Tower.
What I want to know is, is there nothing here Stateside she couldn’t fall for? I mean, we got the St. Louis arch and the Golden Gate bridge. Is it because the Eiffel Tower has an accented sense of snobbery we can’t compete with?
Oh, I see … she wanted to French.
Friggin’ […]

I’m beginning to do a lot of learning about the Japanese culture lately. Obviously, this is mostly in preparation for my trip to Tokyo, but also because I want to learn like I always do about cultures I know little about. Never mind that I did actually take a full semester in the language and […]

Oh man, you have no idea how much I had to think about this post in advance before deciding to commit writing it. You see, I’m worried. I’m worried that somehow, the things I’m about to write will come out looking like some sort of quasi-Sex in the City chick jibber that will scare […]