

Little Greek Kitchen
"Once you have been to Greece you will never forget that blue, Grecian blue. It seems ordinary but when you fall in love the way I did,...


Ikeijima day trip
One of my loves about Okinawa is the amount of islands that is attached to its name. With over 40 inhabited islands, it would take years...


Summer wrap up; wins and losses
Mueang, Chiang Rai, Thailand Summer vacation has come to an end this week. I am back at school and attended lots of training for new...


Cafe Pipineó and Saqra
We first moved here last May, not having a job was great. Everything was fresh and exciting. Not working made it possible to dig right...


Ou Jima, come hungry!
Ou Island (Ojima) is home to about 1,000 people and the best tempura in Okinawa!!! I went to Ou Island for my exploration day this past...


Exploring Miyagi
No, not Mr. Miyagi, but Miyagi Island :) HA “On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of...


Sunflowers of Oki
Kitanakagusuku has a sunflower festival every year at the end of January “Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will...


NIWA cafe
This cafe is tucked in the very back of the Akebono district. Akebono is a small "neighborhood" of old military style housing that they...


How we got here (and a little history)
Maeda Flats On an afternoon in January while I was working, Wade was trying to call me to say that we finally had options to move...


Zanpa-Tei
Zanpa-Tei is an adorable cafe ran by a very sweet family. The nick name is home cafe because it was, in fact, ran out of that sweet...