Brian Q. Webb
A couple weeks ago I went to the Dinosaurs Dream Park, an event being held within the Songshan Cultural & Creative Park. It was great fun for the kids and i highly recommend a visit before it goes away…which will be in just a couple more days…so you’d better hurry.
In the meantime, these are the photos I took at the park, outside of the event.
Remember the Tomica (Tomy) 40th Anniversary Fair I reported on about a year-and-a-half ago? They must have some sort of deal with Mitsigoshi because they’re back again. This time it’s to celebrate their three current marquee brands: Scan2Go slot cars, Beyblade fighting tops, and Bakugan…those ball-things you roll or toss then they pop open into some [...]
This is one of those “If it’s popular in Beijing and it’s non-political, it will eventually make it to Taipei in some form” amusement events along the lines of the World Chocolate Wonderland show a couple years ago. Like that one, clever and consistent marketing to kids meant that the first sunny Saturday my kids [...]
Unlike last week, this week there are quite a few street photos. Most are from taking my kids to the hair salon for their regular haircut. For some reason I always tend to go overboard with my camera at salons…perhaps an obsession born in my lack of hair? Salons are interesting places, though. It’s amazing [...]
Unlike Americans, who have their school break from the week before Christmas to New Year’s Day, The Taiwanese winter break tends to hover near the Chinese Lunar New Year. This year, the Chinese New Year is on January 23 and the government has decided that the school break should preceed the CNY holiday. That means [...]
Like last year, this past Christmas Eve the family headed to the Vieshow Village shopping area in the Hsinyi District of Taipei to take in the holiday decorations, various street acts, and just to take advantage of the clear weather.
In fact, this past Saturday had been the first rain-free day all month. How convenient. 
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