Pan Pacific Perfection

When Dean and I visited the behemoth Takashimaya department store in Singapore, as wide-eyed tourists we were an easy target for Ruben, the young Nespresso Club trainee. He showed us their coffee machines and taught us how to make the perfect cup of coffee in the manner, he explained, in which every Asian aspired to…

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Singapore Fling

Singapore has been described as “Asia for beginners” because it is too safe, too clean, too air-conditioned. Having never been to Asia, I will take that at it’s word. It is all that and more. The people are polite and cordial, English is commonly spoken, the economy is strong (translate that to mean “expensive”), and…

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