The Adventures of Team Wil-Sun

The weekend before Christmas we went up to Victoria on the Clipper to see the Christmas lights at Butchart Gardens. On previous trips we...

One of the odd items on my 101 things in 1001 days list was "Dickensmas" -- to read all 5 of the Dickens Christmas books betwee...

At 2 pounds, 3.2 ounces (more than a kilogram!), War and Peace is *not* light reading. Last year my friends Simon, Rebecca, and I decid...

I remember writing on my big calendar for July 30, 2009: Casablanca to Cairo Could any single day feel more jet-set than that? It se...

Hi everyone -- I'm with Avis, how can it be 3 weeks since our last check in??? Luckily I have a little finish to share! Last time...

Twenty or so years ago, when I was a grad student at the University of California, I used to try and go to one "cultural event"...

After a long train ride yesterday from Fez, we arrived here in Casablanca. Got off the train and stepped into a (relatively) cool breeze -- ...

I don't really know how this became an obsession. At some point this year I thought I'd like to make hard cider... which led to t...

Got up early(ish) and went to the nearest medina gate to pick up a taxi. I had been thinking about taking a bus or a shared grand taxi, b...