Written while hiking down Mt. Hakodate at night
For the 1st Annual Bourdain Day, I write another letter to the legend, where a couple of South Germans and a wandering New Yorker find commonality on a Kyoto Rooftop; over beers, cigarettes, food, and eventually karaoke. Ft. Delicious okonomiyaki!
Dear Tony: A Day in Asamushi-Onsen
One of my favorite days abroad so far. A tiny Japanese town opens it’s massive human heart. It’s the most wonderful of days all together.
Late nights, Tiny Bars
The essence of Japanese
Found in translation
Dear Bourdain 7: Sleeping in a Public Park
My first, but not my last, time sleeping outdoors in Japan. It was a harrowing experience, more mental than anything else, but a worthwhile one. Also, pictures and adventures in Toya!
Dear Bourdain 6: Communicating with Locals
How we communicate with each other is a lot more than language; but English definitely helps! I visit the city of Otaru, outside Sapporo for some excellent moments; a Japanese local, a Australian father and pilot, a free ice pop!
No one ever knows you
create yourself every day
the image of god
Dear Bourdain 5: Running
Even in Japan, demons can follow you. And those bags don’t pay the extra fees on flights. Just a little bit on my mindset in Sapporo, plus a whole butt load of photos and videos! Shout out Lincoln, who’s working on the things himself
Lost, queued for check out
Swarmed by silent Obaa-san
Alien and huge
A beautiful day in Sapporo, three days into the travels has me reveling in the wonderment of it all, and slightly panicking at how it could even get better. Between praying at shrines and eating sushi, I find serenity
River leaf flows fast
Turbulent rapid chaos
Settles to stillness
Dear Bourdain 3: The Journey
A few pictures of the first week in Hokkaido, Japan. A letter to Bourdain on the immense choices we have as people.
Dear Bourdain 2: Leaving is Hard
Some thoughts during the last week or two of New York, and how leaving is difficult in so many ways, but that’s just a blessing. And the adventures before me are even bigger blessings.
Travel and searching
Couldn’t tell the words apart
worlds apart a part
In Spirit Reading [Show+Tell 7]
I was blessed with a chance to share some poetry with a few classes in the Universal Daroff Charter School in Philly on March 1st. I wanted to share some of my experiences and how much the schools were great.
Daylight [Show+Tell 6] Reading
Daylight [Show+Tell 6] Reading