Author: Kendra

Travel

No Shit-ism: Chardonnay with a conscripted Soviet army bomb tech, among other oddities

Prague, Czech Republic I might be looking in all the wrong places, but after four weeks, I think I’m ready to proclaim that Prague...

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So you were all totally right and Berlin is the promised land

Berlin, Germany Trains and I have been romantically involved since before I could hold a pen. In the game of “do you love me more...

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Come into my Castle: a wedding in the Czech Republic

Decin, Northern Czech Republic A year ago, the unthinkable happened. Marta the Czech seductress, wickedly smart jet-setting party girl,...

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Prague Old Town: basically Final Fantasy III

Prague, Czech Republic I don’t know what else to call it: everything here is so Eastern European.  A brief and ecstatic stopover at...

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You Fancy, Huh? 5th Anniversary in Pingyao Old City: Selling Out Like a Boss

Pingyao Old City, Shanxi Province I got married at 25. Speaking globally, I guess that’s an acceptable average, but for a...

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Slot machines and DPRK dreams: a vacation in North Korea or, where the hell is everybody?

North Korea / DPRK 8:30 a.m., April 5, the Mansudae Grand Monument. North Koreans get the day off to celebrate QingMing Tomb Sweeping...

Life

Blasted by Dawn: or, Free Sunrise, Courtesy of Hotel East

Posted from: Beijing Sunday morning, just barely 6:30. Kyle and I sat bolt upright in bed as the room was invaded by ultraviolets. All the...

Beijing Best Birthday Dinner: Where to have Birthday Dinner in Beijing

Life

Turning 30 at Mercante and Plans for Sweeping Tombs in North Korea

Beijing, China People keep asking me what it feels like to be 30. It feels like 29, except that no one asks you what it feels like to be...

Tech

Winning Gold at the Midlands Addys

Sure is nice to wake up in the morning and find out your work won a snazzy first-place award in a contest you never entered, like we did...

Travel

Chinese New Year in Chengdu: Ruckus in The Big Empty

Posted from: Chengdu, China The Year of the Snake kicked off this February 10th, sparking widespread depression amongst product designers...