Whimsy

Elizabeth Gilbert’s popular book, Eat, Pray Love, and the Julia Roberts movie based on the book, begin in Bali, in the little city of Ubud, and […]

Big Ketut asks, “Do you want to go to a funeral?” Executing a suave backflip, I admit “I wouldn’t mind.” “Important Brahmin funeral” he said, “Big […]

Hooray! We’re back in Ubud, our home sweet home, where we plan to stay for the remainder of our vacation. We are welcomed home by a […]

We were so exhausted from all the relaxation on the Gili Islands that, before returning to Ubud, we decided to go over to Ahmed on the […]

Have you ever wanted to get out of LA, leaving La Cienega Boulevard far behind? Have you ever wanted to disappear onto a tiny sun-drenched island in the […]

The Gili Islands are not part of Bali.  The three small islands are just a mile or two off the coast of Lombok, another large island […]

CJ believes that any real vacation must include blue water, white sand beaches, and palm trees, so off we go to the Gili Islands, three microscopic specks off […]

Ubud, the spiritual and artistic capital of Bali.  Ubud the Sweet.  Ubud the Cool. Thanks to the Goddesses and Gods (especially you, Ganesh!) that we are in […]

Everybody needs a vacation, right? Why don’t we head south of the Equator, way down in the tropics, to beautiful Bali? If you scrounge around on internet […]