-Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
-28 years old
-Came to Tokyo in April 2007 for various reasons including 1. love (which is no longer) 2. wanting to know what it would have been like to be born here (resolved) 3. career opportunities (in progress).
-I wear lots of black.  One fabulous diva from the mid-south (US) once gave me the best fashion tip of my life: “all of your clothes can be black.  Just remember…accesorize, accesorize, accesorize.” I live by that one. 
-Things that make me lose all sense of time and space: 1. writing 2. photography (shooting and printing) 3. anything to do with animals (particularly in rescue, welfare, ethics arenas).

I came here, thinking I was a city gal with a love for the hottest new bars and clubs, shopping shopping shopping, delicious food and wine, and having many fabulous friends. 
I still enjoy these things and want them in my life…but in moderation- not to have to rely on such things and see, but now see them as an embellishment to more substantial self with a sense of permanent happiness and strength…which I am trying still to work on every day!