Japanese Me

My friend Valerie from Germany is visiting and we’re having a wonderful time.  Today we visited the small zoo by my house.  My favorite exhibit was the penguins – they were playing with the kids.  No, really.  The penguins raced the kids the length of the tank, doing little jumps out of the water while [...]

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Last weekend Ken and I spent a great day in Yokohama going to Minato Mirai 21.  While the name literally means “Harbor Future 21″ I think it’s meant to convey something like “Harbor for the 21st Century”.  They have whole bunches of stuff there. (Find bigger, prettier versions of all these pictures on my flickr [...]

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I popped in my memory stick and found photos of my flight I forgot to post: My leg room in Economy Plus.  It’s hard to tell in the picture but I have my long, lanky legs completely stretched out.  With my butt all the way back I couldn’t reach the seat in front of me [...]

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The apartment is basically empty now and quite echo-y.  After a desk and the bed were gone Ken and I were like, “Hey, this room is actually quite spacious!  What did we need a double bed for, anyway?”  One night crammed on an ancient twin mattress reminded us.  My shoulders are sore and I haven’t [...]

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I have exactly one month left in San Francisco and there’s still so much to do!  Today two friends and I went to Rainbow Grocery, the mother of all co-ops. Photo by superamit. It’s absolutely huge inside, probably six times larger than any other co-op I’ve been in.  They have everything you expect (bulk spices [...]

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