findingskylines – vignettes + travel recs from a nomadic dreamer

Tokyo
New York Bar

Call me a hopeless romantic, but I think we all dream of having our own Lost in Translation moment,…
20 April 2017
Tokyo
Ginza

Every weekend, just before noon, the main thoroughfare of Ginza clears out. Cars evacuate what for the next few…
20 April 2017
Tokyo
Cignale Enoteca

Five days before, I had asked Christine if she wanted to join me for dinner—nice Italian place, featured in…
20 April 2017
Melbourne
Queen Victoria Market

Back when I fancied myself a chef, I used to go to the farmers’ market and come back with…
10 March 2017
Taipei
Longshan Temple

My friends have stopped offering me cigarettes whenever we go out, since I always decline. I’m not a fan…
7 March 2017
Sydney
White Rabbit Gallery

The sculpture wasn’t quite a mandrake—the stalk sprouted not from the baby’s head, but from its navel, like some…
21 February 2017
Seoul
CO:LUMN

When I was younger, and even shorter than I am now, all the world loomed above me. I used…
7 February 2017
Kyoto
Byodo-in

The great hall of Byodo-in houses a statue of the Amitabha Buddha, and on the walls around it are…
1 February 2017
Hong Kong
Liang Yi Museum

“Don’t touch anything” is one of those long-cherished mantras of parenthood, on a level with “don’t talk with your…
31 January 2017
Melbourne
Moroccan Soup Bar

For much of the trip to Morocco I took in college, our group dined at the house of our…
28 January 2017
Sydney
Sydney Harbour Bridge

The first time I visited Sydney, I stayed in a hotel on the North Shore, and in the morning…
25 January 2017
Sydney
Fratelli Paradiso

The one restaurant my father brings up on a regular basis is a trattoria we went to while vacationing…
25 January 2017