Entries from March 7th, 2013
Two reports of good customer service. First: Wong’s Drapery. In early 2010, I described our good experience with Wong’s Drapery, a small family owned company where we bought a set of vertical blinds for one window in our living room (“Wong’s Drapery is a small business that earned our recommendation the hard way“). All went [...]
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Back in December 2011, I posted a batch of photos taken by UH Professor Carey D. Miller during a 1937, pre-WWII trip to Japan. Miller, the internationally-known nutritionist who established the Home Economics Department at the University of Hawaii, traveled to Japan to meet with colleagues and observe farming and cooking techniques. Now I’ve found [...]
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Tags: Carey D. Miller·Hokaido 1937·Japanese train travel·Mikado Dining Car