The Taipei Kid

Rants/raves + false childhood memories

For your eyes only

I keep seeing these ads for the “Tokyo Lash Bar” all over town. What the hell is a Tokyo Lash Bar? I found out soon enough while wandering around, trying to find a birthday present for my friend R. I wanted to get her something unique, and I think I succeeded.
The Tokyo Lash Bar [...]

CEO Gossip

Our own little Snake Alley is featured in the New York Daily News’ Daily Dish (at the bottom).

Die, Nasty Hotel

What an odd coincidence–the Whore-a-day Inn here changes its name right around the same time a foreign, former bell boy tries to fight back for being treated like crap.

Misdemeanor

My secret spies tell me some people weren’t impressed with Missy Elliot’s concert last night. There’s the usual unprofessional comments that insiders here make about many visiting artists when they get a chance to get close (the artist looks, um, a little bigger than she does in her videos, questions about her sexuality, blah, blah, [...]

Bad Words Pt. 2

I took a look around the street by my house for dirty license plates, and this was the only one I could find. Parked right outside the front door. My own scooter’s license is “DOE”, a female deer, but that’s not really naughty.