How-tos | GETTING THINGS DONE Apr 14, 1999

It's the little things

by Jean Pearce

Cultural contrasts! Everywhere there are traps. I was late when I left home yesterday so I quickly kicked off my slippers as I ran out the door. Later, I returned with a Japanese friend. She laughed when she saw my slippers. "We would never ...

How-tos | GETTING THINGS DONE Apr 11, 1999

Along the way

by Jean Pearce

When we think about takeout lunches in Japan, we must go back a long way. Surely you have seen in museums the beautiful lacquer lunch boxes the nobility used when they went to the countryside on excursions. These picnics were quite elegant occasions with ...