Archive - Brent and Michael Are Going Places

September 2025

Should Charlie Brown Have Been Allowed to Finally Kick the Football?

What I've decided living in a land of ancient wisdom.

Sep 29 •

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Michael and I Tried Traditional Chinese Medicine for My Allergy and His Insomnia. Did It Work?

We're living in Taiwan, so we figured: why not?

Sep 24 •

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You Can Tell a Lot About a Country From Its Starbucks

The coffee stores say something positive about Asia. But they also provide more evidence of America's decline.

Sep 20 •

I Had a Crappy Childhood. But We Always Had Football.

Football games aren’t my *only* happy memories from growing up. But they’re a lot of them.

Sep 14 •

Din Tai Fung is Taiwan's Most Beloved Restaurant. But Is It Worth a Two-Hour Wait?

Everyone told us we absolutely needed to eat there. But oh, that line!

Sep 9 •

The Place We're at Now: Taipei, Taiwan

We've come to the land of bubble tea and...semiconductors? Are we glad we did?

Sep 6 •

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All the KPOP DEMON HUNTERS Movie Locations We Accidentally Saw Last Month

We recently visited Seoul, South Korea, and it made this new animated movie look *so* familiar!

Sep 2 •

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August 2025

My Latest Novel, INFINITE DRIFT, Is Out Today!

It's a page-turning mind-bender with a bonkers bisexual love triangle.

Aug 31 •

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Daytrip: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Beautiful But Heartbreaking

We're still haunted by our visit to this formerly war-torn area.

Aug 28 •

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