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November 8, 2024 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr SPP

My wife and I have been students of all things Shaker for 40 years or so, especially their architecture and furniture crafting. The NYT ran this...

You should dispute it. Here's how: https://federal-lawyer.com/tax-attorney/back-tax-relief/irs-penalty-abatement/

Japan has its busy thoroughfares and drivers who go fast and close, so you need to be alert just like everywhere else. Strangely the fastest and...

Another Japan peculiarity that might be worth taking a peek at are love hotels

My brother lived in Tokyo for > 10 years. I probably flew over about 13 times because he worked for an airline and I could fly standby. I never...

Just for kicks I've done some time poking around on Google StreetView looking at roads out in the Japanese countryside, and a huge % of the parts I...

Just in case anyone's wondering what that's all about: Note that The Worm and Kim appear to be having a much better time than the rest of the...

I'll have to chase that down. Of my last 300 odd roasts, I'd guess 280 of them were Ethiopian coffees, mostly described by the vendors as "heirloom"...

I hadn't considered that, simply because I had no idea it existed. On the face of it, looks good.

My wife says If you have time (not in Seoul but very close and easily reached,) go for a day at Buchanan National Park. It is S. Korea's most...

Color matching at Hancock Shaker Village and sun came out just before closing - and a big squall line.

We tried. After this we got caught in a torrential downpour and covered with road grime like coal dust, so when we got to our inn, we stripped to our...

Although your chopsticks are not vertical in the bowl, it is never a good idea to stick your chopsticks in a bowl of food. Chopstick etiquette in...

Time for me to sit down with Tokyo on Foot again (not my blog but decent visuals of the book). Aside from our personal photo album, it remains my...

Kyoto is amazing. Visit Ginkaku-ji, the Silver Pavilion. Read about Emperor Yoshimasa. He built the Silver Pavilion. Or had it built. The book...

A member of my team just returned from 2 weeks in Japan, and went to a similar shop for ramen. She had to show up midday, get a ticket, and come back...

Udon - buckwheat. Hand cut. Only thing they made. Husband and wife ran the shop. Interior looked like this:

Is that udon or ramen? Looks good regardless.

Depending on where you are staying in Osaka, it is super quick to Kyoto. From Umeda, you can take a Hankyu express train which is 44 minutes....

With 8 days, I’d be looking at an itinerary within a reasonable orbit of Osaka. Kyoto for sure. Hiroshima. I’d look into Kobe and Nara because I...

Funny Louis…he keeps joking with my wife that they’re going to visit the 38th parallel in homage to my Dad who as a young Marine, was involved for...

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Mark, I'll send you an email. If you don't hear from me by Monday, ping me an email to remind me.

Timothy Hill at Counter Culture has published a book on Ethiopian coffee he wrote with Getu Bekele that is pretty technical. I don't know if it is...

I would start here first. Oops, I just read the last sentence of your post. Carry on.

If you are there on Dec 31/Jan1, be in Kyoto for New Year's Eve. There is a Buddhist ceremony when they ring the Bells 108x for cleanse you of...

We have local experts who frequent this forum, and one of them even wrote a book about where to eat in Kyoto. Few things I'd like to do knowing...

Interesting you start this thread. I just purchased tickets for Osaka. Spending 8 days over the Christmas holidays. Struggling with a defined...

I'll ask my wife. She's spent a lot of time there recently. But she's 6 or 8 time zones away right now. Later then.

Just tell him to be careful if he wanders off looking for the men's room.

Nice. Hokkaido is miles and miles of empty roads. And some of the best food ever in the middle of nowhere.

The peak leaf colors are gone, but I still enjoy the view from saddle.

Speaking of dualies. One of the more interesting uses of a dualie was a sports camp client who trained hunting dogs. He had a massive stainless...

Okay Dustin has odd days of the month and RW has even. Saturday and Sunday off. I eat a lot of bread. Basically the medieval monk diet. Bread +...

Sorry for reviving this thread. Anyone had any IRS penalty lately?