Sky Soup

Oh, hello turaco--lucky encounter in the aviary of the Taipei Zoo.

Dreamy fork-tailed flycatcher, via the NYPL Digital Collections!

Gyoza lace, lunch in the Dotonbori, Osaka.

Molten lava takoyaki at the Kuromon Market, Osaka. Totally worth the roof of your mouth.

Cocktail flights? Custom glassware??? NODnodNODnod...

Chilinn: a gorgeous little store full of locally made arts and crafts, south of Dotonburi in Osaka.  We made off with too many (or not enough...?) beautiful hand-dyed tenugui.

An eel restaurant somewhere south of the Dotonburi, Osaka, Japan.

The Mossy Buddha, Hozen-ji Yokocho (法善寺横丁)--we kind of wandered right into him the night before, and came back to see him in the daylight.

Maybe another weekend I’ll up the ante and roll out the noodles, too!

the cold metal frame surrounding my head, metal reflecting a small fire, a glow. All was changed. In that bed, I was a locust. I was starving. And how could I not be? I, I . . . I am still ravenous.

Green, herby and downright reeking of spring--plus, I love the idea of using something you’d generally throw away.

Simple savory Longevity Noodles (via Lady and Pups, a fabulously angry food blog)

Beignets & Cafe au Lait @ Cafe du Monde