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by / on June 18, 2013 at 2:59 pm / in Monica Byers, New York, See

NEW YORK: COME WALK WITH ME, UP THOMPSON STREET

BY:  MONICA BYERS NEW YORK, NY – I have a special affection for Thompson Street in the Village.  My ZATAOT partner in crime, Gary, was lucky enough to live on this street for a while.  Except I don’t think he counted himself quite so lucky – he found it annoyingly student-y (NYU is just around the corner) or, at least, [...]

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by / on April 16, 2013 at 10:28 pm / in Monica Byers, New York, See

NEW YORK: A STROLL ALONG WEST BROADWAY

By MONICA BYERS NEW YORK, NY – It’s hard to wander around New York City without suffering a degree of neighborhood envy on a nearly daily basis.  So many awesome areas – can you possibly pick a favorite?  Against all odds, I think I have managed to do just that. West Broadway is, in my opinion, the very best-est street in [...]

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by / on October 20, 2012 at 7:45 pm / in London, Monica Byers, See

LONDON: HOXTON SQUARE

    By MONICA BYERS LONDON – I admit I am biased, having resided in two different flats near Hoxton Square during my London years.  Having duly disclosed this, I still say that this setting is, to me, one of the reasons why London is so fab.  Situated in the East End, Hoxton Square is one of the city’s oldest [...]

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by / on October 19, 2012 at 3:53 pm / in California, Gary Fong, San Francisco, See, USA

SAN FRANCISCO: ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO

    SAN FRANCISCO  – So, I’m what you’d call comic book challenged.  I’m the guy who asks (while watching the recent Avengers movie) whether Captain America can die and whether Black Window and Hawkeye actually have super human powers and, if they don’t, then how can they be super heroes, let alone members of the Avengers (okay, perhaps in [...]

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by / on August 1, 2012 at 6:06 pm / in Asia, Lopburi, See, Thailand

THAILAND: LOPBURI

  LOPBURI, THAILAND – We were headed to a small town called Lopburi.  I had never been to Lopburi, nor had I heard of it prior to this trip.  In fact, I had never even been to central Thailand (where Lopburi was located).  My Thai travels had always centered on Bangkok and the various islands, with periodic jaunts to the [...]

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by / on July 30, 2012 at 1:37 pm / in Gary Fong, New York, See, USA

NEW YORK: ASIA SOCIETY MUSEUM

  NEW YORK – Located smack dab in the middle of NYC’s Upper East Side is one of my favorite NYC art venues, the always interesting but often-overlooked Asia Society Museum (ASM).  I say overlooked because it’s not officially grouped in with the nearby venues along Museum Mile (that includes the Met and the Guggenheim) nor is it officially part [...]

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by / on July 16, 2012 at 9:03 am / in Asia, Gary Fong, See, Tokyo

TOKYO: ARTY FARTY

  TOKYO - Okay, some might say that Japan tries too hard when it comes to art but, for me, some of the most original and engaging shows I’ve seen have been in Tokyo…and I don’t mean those mega put-ons at the National Museum in Ueno or those over-hyped, what-were-they-thinking exhibitions at the Mori. Rather, it’s the small-to-medium sized venues that [...]

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by / on July 11, 2012 at 10:56 am / in Asia, Gary Fong, See, Tokyo

TOKYO: WHEN TO GO?

    TOKYO – Summer, spring, winter or fall?  Due for a Tokyo fix but not sure when to go?  As with everything in Japan, it’s all about choices and options, quite often way too many.  Just have a look at the beverage section at any Japanese convenience store or the pen/pencil selection at any stationery shop (Ito-ya in Ginza [...]

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by / on July 2, 2012 at 1:10 pm / in California, Gary Fong, Los Angeles, San Francisco, See

CALIFORNIA: RIDING THE RAILS

    CALIFORNIA – To some, the train is one of the most enjoyable modes of travel.  To others it’s archaic, a thing of the past.  For me, it seemed an interesting way to spend some of my newfound, Cali-based free time and what I hoped would be a great way to a see a bit of the US. I [...]

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by / on June 29, 2012 at 9:31 am / in Asia, Gary Fong, Hong Kong, See

HONG KONG: THE DOUBLE DECKER

  HONG KONG – They’re old-style, double-decker, eco-friendly and come in multiple, cute colors.  They’re called street trams and Hong Kong is one of a few cities to still use the double-decker version.  It’s also my preferred way to get-around the city. Yes, the double-decker street trams…possibly the slowest way to transverse Hong Kong, but also one of the most [...]

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