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We were one hundred percent on vacation when we drove into Mardin, Turkey in early June. But a chance encounter led us to a story. Our article on this ancient southeastern city's bid to become the region's capital of art...

Caveat: If you're in Asia. This month marks my second year on the masthead of Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia. And appropriately, the next issue is devoted to food. Dave and I collaborated on a few for this one, including a feature...

Hideaki turned 41 last week, kicking off a month and a half of celebrations: his birthday, our anniversary, the baby's...

reading of dawn’s art collection over at handmadelove reminded me that i’ve been meaning to photograph my cake painting for the longest time. this is what greets me each morning when i wake up, and what sends me off to dreamtime as i lean over to turn off my lamp each night. strangely enough, i [...]

My gastronomic mapping of Vietnam's capital is far from systematic. I've been led up, down and round and round by the city's pho threads and while it is my default breakfast and still a great comfort, I'd be surprised if...

more pink cake! we found ourselves in newtown on friday afternoon, quite famished, and stopped into black star on our way to an errand. being close to the end of trade, there wasn’t all that much left in the counter. on the counter, however, was a large jar of macarons. such pale, encrusted beauties. when [...]

Anyone who visits Istanbul must eat balık ekmek (fish sandwich; balık=fish, ekmek=bread). Seriously. It's not codified in law or anything, but eating a grilled fish sandwich next to the water is as required of tourists in Istanbul as spending at...

The city I've been living in for the better part of a decade is turning 1000 years-old in October. Racing toward the millenium, Hanoi continues to be an exciting if chaotic experience that I actively participate in, though sometimes from...

Not food, but fun anyway -- Dave's Indonesia national day multimedia piece from our trip to Sulawesi last year. Think I posted it way back when, but it's worth redirecting you again, if you haven't seen it, here.

We took advantage of a recent semi-long weekend (Hideaki works in weekly shifts, so when a day shift ends on...