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When I'm not in the classroom, on my blog, or out with my cameras, I bury my nose in true crime books, attempt to recreate Mexican dishes with Japanese ingredients, and live vicariously through my Sims.
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  • A Weekend in Beacon

    For Labor Day weekend, I took myself off for a short vacation to the town of Beacon. Just a 1.5-hour train ride from New York City on Metro North’s Hudson Line (the…

    blog, New York, USA

  • The Legendary Sleepy Hollow

    “If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life,” Washington Irving once wrote,…

    New York, USA

  • Christmas at Casa Loma

    Since I now basically live right next door to New York, I decided to break my recent tradition of visiting the city in December and head to the Great White North instead.…

    Canada, Toronto

  • Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    The glass-enclosed tunnel leading out from the New Wing of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a portal through time, transporting visitors to a 1903 Venetian-style palace. The 4-storey residence, located in…

    Massachusetts, USA

  • Autumn at Grace Farms

    Sejima Kazuyo was born in Ibaraki, Japan in 1956. After graduating from Japan Women’s University in 1981 with a master’s degree in Architecture, she joined the firm Toyo Ito and Associates. Six…

    Connecticut, USA

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