


Food for New Year: Yep, it’s Holiday Time
Note the color: red! Happy New Year!

Did deleting FB make your photography better?
Deleting Facebook Made My Photography Better Not so long ago, I took the plunge and deleted my Facebook accounts, both personal and business profiles. As a professional photographer, this may seem like career suicide. However, it may have saved my career and sanity. First off, I am a commercial photographer who works in two main…

Some of today’s Costco Haul
Finally, went back to Costco after 3 months. We also bought TP, a pizza style ciabatta made with Mozzarella, some beef strips, small beef pies, and milk. Somehow we spent nearly $2900! Not sure how. However, I discovered a quick way to avoid the food court: Take the Elevator to the parking lot! LOL!

How many snacks did you try?
James McAvoy Rates English And Scottish Food | Snack Wars (youtube.com)

Day 0: Giving up Carbs
I’m giving up non-breakfast carbs as much as I can reasonably for 90 days. This means: I’ll probably ease into this, but it’s going to be hard. I will replace some carbs with fruit, others with liquids or smoothies, others with more vegetables. I may even resort to peanut butter to avoid hunger. This isn’t…

Calcutta in Ximending
Visited on Friday, what an interesting restaurant. The food flavors are much better than anything we had in Okayama or Kochi, I’m not sure why. Could it be that Japanese flavors are more localized than in Taiwan. We enjoyed the fried sliced potatoes, samosa with a minced lamb filling, several curries (beef masala, chicken curry,…

Bananas
In addition to possibly being a cholesterol-reducing food, bananas may improve your health in other ways as well. For example, you might find it easier to lose weight if you indulge in bananas instead of other kinds of sweets. Obese men who ate bananas daily in a 2023 study from Health Biotechnology and Biopharma experienced…

Sorry is the hardest word (for this store owner!)
No note on the door, no FB update, no Google maps update. Wouldn’t you at least put up a note on FB when you’re away for a month and your store has daily traffic…? Seriously, just say ‘sorry! I screwed up!’ Maybe it’s not major to you… maybe you were busy… maybe you had other…