Posts Tagged ‘Lifestyles’

Travel : Ueno Park and Zoo (Japan)

Ueno Park which was opened in 1873, is one of Tokyo’s most visited public attractions. The park which is located just off of the Ueno Station, boasts a huge variety of museums, monuments, and temples. My wife and I had entered through the southern entrance where the famous statue of Saigo Takamori...
March 26th, 2010 | Travel | Read More

Travel : Harajuku Tokyo Japan

I know for a fact that my wife and I had missed quite a few things when we visited the Harajuku ward. We had listed the Meiji Shrine, the Oriental Bazaar and Yoyogi Park as our stops for the day, but when we finally got off the station, aside from the Meiji Shrine, we spent our entire day exploring...
July 20th, 2009 | Travel | Read More

Travel : Shinjuku Tokyo Japan

While staying in Tokyo city, the Shinjuku ward was almost a daily stop for us during our travels. It’s railway station is boasted as being the busiest in all of Japan serving close to two million people daily. From here we made majority of our transfers to other destinations because most the major...
July 19th, 2009 | Travel | Read More

Travel : Tokyo Disney Resort

Choosing between DisneySea or Disneyland During my first full day in Tokyo, we visited the Tokyo Disney Resort. I have been to Disneyland several times, but Tokyo’s DisneySea was foreign to me. Although I had originally intended on buying a two day passport for ¥10,000 so we could visit both...
July 17th, 2009 | Travel | Read More

Travel : Tokyo JR Lines and Metro System

Last summer was my first experience on any metro system. Two good friends of mine had been stationed in Alexandria Virginia at the time, and had highly encouraged my wife and I to experience the daily grind of riding the Washington D.C. metro. Although there were several bumps along the way, the convenience...
July 13th, 2009 | Lifestyles, Travel | Read More

Travel : Planning a trip to Japan

Summer has arrived, and this year my wife and I have decided on Japan as our travel destination. Of course I’ll have my array of posts on my experiences in Japan when I return, so be expecting some great travel reviews covering the city of Tokyo during the months of July and August. Since I was...
June 27th, 2009 | Lifestyles, Travel | Read More

Vacation Plans this Summer

The summer months are quickly approaching and my wife and I are off on our first vacation together as a married couple. Unfortunately the costs of our large wedding set us back a bit so we were unable to take our honeymoon immediately after the big day. Personally, its been over ten years since I’ve...
May 13th, 2008 | Lifestyles, Personal | Read More

Ignorance no longer!

When I started driving back in ‘93 I recall paying about a buck nineteen for a gallon of gas. A few bucks could take me a long way and I never really worried about having enough money to fill my tank. Living on a small island, two to three dollars of fuel could actually last me a couple of days...
May 12th, 2008 | Food for Thought, Lifestyles, WTF | Read More