Konnichiwa from Japan!  I am in the middle of my vacation to meet my newest nephew and revisit some Japan stomping grounds.  I am also going to see […]

Harry Potter, Har-RY Pot-TER!  Yes, it was Harry Potter World time!  Hooray! I started the day with my Japan early wake-up (boo!).  I bought sunscreen and coffee for […]

My first full day in Japan started with coffee.  Perfect!  I hung out with Ricardo and baby Rickey for a bit until Brady woke up.  It was a […]

I’m in Japan!  The flight was pretty painless. Since I’ve flown so much over the last 2.5 years, I’m now a Gold level United frequent flyer so I […]

This past week was a completely crazy week of work and travel.  While I certainly don’t feel like  I have a problem saying no, this past week had […]

*Warning: TMI and mental pictures that may be difficult to unsee.  Fortunately, no actual photographs exist.* Although I had never been to a Korean spa, I had heard […]

Happy birthday to me!  I ended up taking two days off and spending a long weekend in California.  It was fantastic.  SMS had planned fun things to do […]

Our personal driver was back to escort us to JEC day 2.  It was quite cold, rainy, and windy out so it was nice to be indoors.  We finished up touring all […]

This week marked a return to real book reading rather than an e-reader.  I read two!  One was Jasper Fforde’s new book, Early Riser, which was good.  Very […]

SMS guest-posting continues… Day 1 of the JEC composites conference started out with a Criossant and an hour train ride jam packed to Tokyo standards. The JEC takes […]