BAKED is a popular bakery which is based in Berawa, and now they’ve set up a lovely spot as my next-door neighbor! Today was their grand opening. Having spent over twenty years in California, when I think of the word…
Directly across from our humble guest house / boutique hotel will be a massive resort with over 200 rooms. Fortunately there will be underground parking and so, due to smart design, we are all hopeful that there won’t be traffic…
Yes new cafes and restaurants keep arriving in Pererenan. And all are welcome, unless we become another overdeveloped town. Touché has the right look: gleaming white surfaces, spaces in the wall for cool art, black steel doors, and an inviting…
Dogs, dogs, dogs. Bali is a dog paradise, although some dogs do better than others. At the beach the dogs get a chance to play and eat leftovers from sloppy humans. What more could you ask for?
It’s not very exciting to repair your water tanks. But just the thought of the tank’s cheap steal stands giving way and imagining one or both of them rolling all over the roof gives me pause. Fortunately I have a…
You might pass RiZE Cafe by on your way to the beach, as it’s behind another restaurant, Zali. It would be a mistake to pass this wonderful cafe without trying one of its signature dishes, the masala dosa. Wow. I…
Ive passed Genius Bistro numerous times and it has always made me curious. What kind of place is this? It’s also in an unusual location, on Jalan Sempol, in-between Pererenan and Canggu. Turns out this French inspired bistro is quite…
In these trying times it still amazes me that entrepreneurs continue to fight the headwinds and open up businesses when, at least in Bali, the international airport has been shut down for a long time. There are about 110,000 expats…
For this post I’m going to keep text to a minimum and provide some photos from my daily walks around town, including the outlying rice fields. Enjoy
This neighborhood of ours continually defies description. I believe we are getting to the point where, when it is said that Pererenan is the sleepy neighbor of hipster town Canggu — we will soon need to revise the term sleepy.…
In our little neck of the woods there’s a number of impressive villas for rent, and slowly but surely hotels will be popping up over the next few years. But if I had to place a bet on the villa…
There is an abundance of villas, restaurants and shops that are tucked away down the narrow side streets of Bali. This is part of the “hidden beauty” of this intoxicating island. There are so many places that exceed one’s expectations,…